How to add a sibling?

Novice · Post by **Novice** » 16 Feb 2007 08:57

I am a novice user of FH version 2.3.5 and enjoy using its graphical editor to document my family tree.

My dilemma is that I often wish to define a sibling for an individual but have no info about their parents. At present, I am forced to always generate 2 redundant entries for the parents with unspecified names only so I can include a known sibling. As a result, my database is filling up with numerous individuals about whom I have no details.

So could anyone tell me please how to add a sibling without creating every time 2 extra parents first?

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JonAxtell · Post by **JonAxtell** » 16 Feb 2007 09:07

I just create a father using just the surname of the siblings. There is no real need to create a mother. The father is just called '/Surname/', ie. with no given names.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 16 Feb 2007 09:25

Another option is show the parents for the child on the property dialog, don't enter any parents, but just add the sibling at the bottom. This will create a family as child record.

As Jon says you do not need to create both parents to use the graphic interface, just one parent will be enough.

Novice · Post by **Novice** » 16 Feb 2007 09:48

I appreciate that 1 parent is sufficient, however I am hoping for a way to add a sibling with no parents at all !! Any ideas?

Meanwhile I like the property dialog suggestion so I'll try it from home tonight! Thanx Jane.[smile]

tommy166 · Post by **tommy166** » 17 Feb 2007 12:39

Jane's method works for me. Then they appear connected in diagrams, just with no parents.

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