Family Historian User Group

Apologies for the poor description of my problem but I have a couple of sets of graphic tapered linking lines in my tree which show the same offspring appearing under two mothers. I can't find any reference to it in the manual and have tried unsuccessfully to search through forum posts. I'm sure I cannot be the only one to get this but it appears when a widowed father marries a second time and the one set of children appear under both spouses. I have had to delete some people to break the link where the spouse is not the ancestor and in some cases unlinking has worked but I don't know why this occurs and want to avoid it happening again. Any references to previous threads or advice most welcome.
Dagwood

ID:4959

Do you mean Duplicates Linking Ribbons as in the diagram below?


This is caused by the Child (Andrew TATE) being included in both parent Families.
In the Property Box of the Father (Denis TATE) there is a pair of tabs for the two Mothers (Janet & Maria).
The Child (Andrew TATE) is listed under both tabs, but cannot be the natural child of both mothers.

To correct the situation the Child must be unlinked from its step-mother.
Open the Property Box of the Child and select the All tab.
Highlight the Parents family involving the step-mother, press Delete key, and click OK.

See Tools > Diagram Defaults > General > Check for duplicates > Options for settings and click Help for details.
See also Help > 'Getting the Most From Family Historian 4' pages 93-95.