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HampshireLass
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Ancestral Charts

Post by HampshireLass » 11 Jun 2020 17:05

Hello
This is my first post so apologies if I make an error.
My Father was born as the result of an affair so in the Focus Box I have linked him to his biological Father and his step Father, who brought him up and whose name appears on his birth certificate!
When pulling up an ancestral chart for him I was hoping it would show his Mother, biological Father and Step Father but I have to choose between the Fathers.
Is there anyway I can create an ancestral chart showing both Father's simultaneously please?
Thank you

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tatewise
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Re: Ancestral Charts

Post by tatewise » 11 Jun 2020 17:39

Welcome to the FHUG.

Yes, there are some types of relationship that, despite its name, the All Relatives Diagram does not always include.
(It is thought that this may be fixed in FH Version 7.)

What you will have to do after creating a Diagram with his natural parents is to insert another tree for his adoptive parents.
With the Diagram open, select your father's box and use Diagram > Insert into Diagram > Ancestor Tree.
You can move that new tree around by left-click and drag.
Notice how your duplicated father's boxes are linked by a coloured ribbon to show they are the same person.

To preserve such a multi-tree Diagram you need to save it as a Family Historian Chart.
Use Diagram > Save Diagram and give it a memorable New Chart Name.
From now on you open that via View > Save Charts.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry

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Re: Ancestral Charts

Post by HampshireLass » 11 Jun 2020 17:45

Thank you very much

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