I too, would be interested in the answer to this question. I don't have adopted buy the step children show up twice. Ann in New Mexico USA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adoption -- how to enter? > When I go to the family of the children, (that is, the mother and > father) the kids are listed twice, once each with a 1/2. The word > adopted is not showing. Am I doing something wrong/ > > Elizabeth C > > Randy Clark wrote: > > > A child can have 2 sets of parents. In the event of an adoption the > > word adopted appears in parentheses after the child's name. Nothing > > of � children. > > > > > > > > At 01:32 PM 11/11/2004, you wrote: > > > >> That is the way it worked for me, and boy do I wish I could change it! > >> AND I put in the original father (second husband adopted first one's > >> children) just for completeness' sake, and he still comes up when I > >> click on the family even though the second one is the preferred. If > >> you figure out how to get the kids to show up only once, please let > >> me know. > >> > >> Elizabeth C > >> > >> Robert Strong wrote: > >> > >>> I've not had to enter an adoptive parent before and it's not as > >>> simple as I expected. Here is the situation, which would seem to be > >>> a common one. A & B have children (in my case, out of wedlock, but > >>> that shouldn't make any difference except for the wording of their > >>> relationship). B subsequently marries C and C adopts B's children > >>> by A. > >>> > >>> To set this up, I entered A as father and B as mother. I then > >>> entered their children. I then brought up a child in the family > >>> view, right clicked, and chose add parents, since the option to add > >>> just an alternative father is grayed out. It seems I am forced to > >>> add B again and her husband C as new parents. The result in the > >>> family view for A and B or C and B is that the children are shown > >>> twice, with the second entry showing they are a half child by the > >>> other male. I doubt this is the way it is supposed to work. > >>> > >>> Could someone walk me through how you add the adoptive parent C? > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> Robert Strong > >>> http://azstrong.tripod.com/harry_alice > >>> http://azstrong.tripod.com/jd_letha > >>> > >>> > >>> Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >>> > >>> To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe please visit: > >>> http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >> > >> To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > >> > >> To unsubscribe please visit: > >> http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
