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How do I enter cousins who married?

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Angel

Angel Report 3 May 2009 01:49

Thanks everyone for your replies. At least now I know it isn't really catered for on this site and that I'm not just setting it up wrong.

MaggyfromWestYorkshire

MaggyfromWestYorkshire Report 2 May 2009 22:29

The easiest way to do this is first to put your tree into a family tree programme like Family Tree Maker. They will let you add the relationships properly (this site won't). Then you can import it to this site as a gedcom file.

My grandparents were cousins and to put them in my family tree and duplicate everyone was very confusing!

Genesreunited have been promising to sort this problem out since I joined in 2003 and we are still waiting!!

~flying doctor~

~flying doctor~ Report 2 May 2009 21:13

I have had this problem and still haven't sorted it properly, you would think it would be easier as in the past many first cousins married. Elaine

Angel

Angel Report 2 May 2009 21:01

I have found one relative who married his cousin (his mother's sister's daughter) and can't work out how I can link them to show it properly on my tree. Basically the girls' mother is entered on the tree twice - once as her mother and once as a sibling to his mother. I would like her to only be recorded once with a link so you can easily see that she married her cousin.

Any ideas anyone?

Many thanks!