Re: family tree maker question

Tony,

Is this the right group to ask questions about Family Tree Maker? I
apologize in advance if it isn't and would appreciate a hint as to
where I should ask my questions.

I have just been given FTM 9.0 and as a learning exercise I am
working on the trees in Homer's Iliad - as good a place as any to
start.

I have found two cousins (the fathers are brothers) who are married
and have one son. The software insists on listing the two
individuals twice each. When I select "merge duplicate individuals"
I am told that there are no duplicate individuals.

Can anyone give me a hint how to solve this problem? Thanks in
advance. --- Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada.

This is not really a problem. It is a fact of life. If cousins marry,
they and their descendants will be shown (correctly) more than once
in trees.

Search the Family Tree Maker Help menu for Duplicate for more
information, including .................

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Including duplicate descendants in Descendant trees and Descendant
Fan trees

If you have an instance of intermarriage in your family (for example
cousins marrying cousins), you have duplicate individuals in your
tree. A bracketed number, such as [1] appears next to each occurrence
of a duplicate individual's name. If there are several duplicate
individuals, the first one will be assigned [1], the second one will
be assigned [2] and so on.

To include duplicate descendants in a tree:

1. From the Contents menu, select Options (ALT, C, O).
2. Select the Include duplicate descendants each time they appear
check box.
3. Click OK when you've made your selection.

Family Tree Maker returns you to the tree view.
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You may therefore switch off viewing the duplicates if you wish.

Trevor Rix
www.twrcomputing.co.uk

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