>From Legacy Help: Non-blood Relationships These are people you are linked to through marriages. For example the Brother of the Wife of the 3rd Great-Grandfather of your Sister-in-law. Set the value for the Limit to the closest X paths.
Note: Non-blood relationship terms are not displayed on the Family View. To see these terms you must use the Relationship Calculator John S. AdamsVentura, CA > From: robert...@gmail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Relationship > Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:57:24 -0500 > > I have a couple of nieces (on my wife's side - my wife's brother's > kids). We took guardianship of them in their pre-teen years, thus I > have added them to myself and my wife as "children" in Legacy. I have > the "children's setting" "Relationship to father" (and mother) set to > "Guardian". > > My question - when I SET RELATIONSHIP on me or when I run the > RELATIONSHIP CALCULATOR, why does she ONLY show up as my DAUGHTER? Why > won't it show her as my NIECE also? (I have the non-blood relationships > set to 10 - the max). > > Even if I unlink her from us (so she is only showing under her > blood-parents), NIECE still does not show up for me (yes, I recalculated > the relationships). > > This is true for both 7.5 and 8. > > For my wife, she shows up as both DAUGHTER and NIECE, but not for me. I > guess technically she might be considered my "niece-in-law", but I > thought niece and nephew (and aunt and uncle) applied to both spouses? > > Similarly, for another niece (on my side of the family - with no > "guardian" or other oddity): > When I SET RELATIONSHIP on that niece, I show up as "Uncle", but my wife > does not show up as "Aunt". Instead she shows up as "Wife of Uncle". > When I SET RELATIONSHIP on myself, the NIECE shows up as NIECE. > When I SET RELATIONSHIP on my wife, my niece shows up as NOT RELATED to > my wife. > > Bob Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
