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siblings married to siblings

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Rachel

Rachel Report 26 Jan 2006 21:18

can anyone please tell me how to link a brother and sister who married a brother and sister? I'm worried that if I enter them on my tree they will look like a completely different branch when they are inter related. Am I missing something?

Jacqui

Jacqui Report 26 Jan 2006 21:21

Hi Rachel Unfortunately on here you cant link them up. You have to add them twice. I 've got a couple like that and usually add a note referring to the other part of the tree they on. Jacqui

Sam

Sam Report 26 Jan 2006 21:26

If you use another Family history program, you can do it on there and then import your tree to this site. i've got a couple like that and it works ok if you do it that way. Sam x

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 26 Jan 2006 23:21

Yup, Derek, fraid it does! The GR tree was designed by someone with a degree in space engineering - NOT a genealogist! Olde Crone

Val wish I'd never started

Val wish I'd never started Report 26 Jan 2006 23:26

I am glad you asked that question I have just had the same problem , thanks

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 27 Jan 2006 00:13

Also glad you asked the question as I now know what to expect when I try to put my tree back onto GR. That is if I ever figure out how to put them on FTM first. Maureen

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Val wish I'd never started

Val wish I'd never started Report 27 Jan 2006 00:19

good luck with that Glitter Baby I still have problems

David

David Report 27 Jan 2006 01:03

I have a similar but more difficult problem 2 brothers married 2 sisters, at different times. The second couples wedding was a joint marriage with the groom's mother and the bride's father. This is in Sept 1/4 1935. David

Peterkinz

Peterkinz Report 27 Jan 2006 02:39

Just wait until father and son marry sisters, so that one sister is the other's mother-in-law Peter

Researching:
Nurse of Brightlingsea, Spalton of Bottesford, Williams of Tenby, Lammiman of Kensington

Book

Book Report 27 Jan 2006 21:34

Are Genes reunited aware of this flaw? If not, is it worth us all mailing them and asking them to find away around this?

Maid Marian of

Maid Marian of Report 27 Jan 2006 21:55

Yes It would be great if this could be sorted out as my grandmothers were sisters.... yes my parents were 1st cousins. Marian

Simon

Simon Report 8 Mar 2006 13:18

I have found this to be terribly frustrating too. It's not just a question of siblings marrying siblings - but also when you get later generations marrying back into the same family (if you follow my drift). I raised it with GR and got a fairly inconsequential reply such as 'yes, we know about it, and we might do something about it one day'. If more people complain, it might make that day a bit sooner! It's a shame nobody seems to have found a way around it apart from using a different program. It's causing me real problems - but them perhaps we're all too inbred to work out a 'fix'....!