* Twins

[laz_gen]

I have several sets of twins in my records and am exploring the ways I can store the detail. I can see a few forum discussions about queries to find twins and for methods of marking twins on a diagram. I was just looking for a good method to record the corresponding name of the other twin as the presence of twins is not readily apparent unless the parents are being viewed with the children below.

I have created a custom attribute with just the one field where I store the name of the twin, so that each person has a custom "Twin" fact referring to the other.

This looks OK but I was wondering if there was a way to turn the entry into a live link to the other person.

Or does anyone have any other interesting ideas?

[Jane]

I use a custom fact called Twins and on one enter the twin as a witness. They then both get sentences in narrative reports and a marker in the Fact tab. I have attached the Fact Set

[laz_gen]

Thank you Jane, I will give that a try.

[laz_gen]

I installed the fact set, added a fact to one of the twins and could see the link to the other. I realised this was a one-way link so have entered a matching fact for the other twin.

This does mean there are two "Twin" facts visible for each person but I can now navigate between them using the "GoTo" button.

Not sure if this is what you meant but it works well.

Thank you.

[Jane]

I only normally add to the first born (if I know it), but no harm in adding it twice, you might want to blank the witness sentence to avoid seeing the fact twice in narrative reports.

[tatewise]

Not sure why you say it is a one-way link.
If you right-click the Witness Twin Fact and open Witnesses the Go To can open the Principal Twin.

[laz_gen]

Yes I can now see it is possible to navigate, with quite a few more clicks via the witness dialog, to the other twin. I have added a Twin fact for both twins and it is a lot easier however to use the "GoTo" button which becomes enabled when I select a Twin fact.

I am still exploring the different options available so haven't fully decided how to record these facts.

[Jane]

Don't forget the Witness box can be left open all the time, just as the Parent one can so you can hop around more easily.