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Deborah4139
Deborah4139 ✭
May 24 in Family Tree

I am married the second time, and my children from my first marriage do not show in my tree. I have entered information about my first marriage and name of their father, but they do not show….

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  • MazyPutnam
    MazyPutnam ✭✭✭
    May 25

    @Deborah4139 Did you add them under you and your former husband? Anyone living has to be added manually. And no one else but you can see them.

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  • Doniece Watkins
    Doniece Watkins ✭✭
    May 31

    @Deborah4139  If your children live/lived with you and your second husband, you can add the children from your first marriage to your second husband as "Step-Children". You will have to also indentify your first husband as their "Birth Father". I found this out years ago due to some system editing in Family Search that performs editing and logic on how chidlren and parents are idenified when multiple are involved. If the child is not properly linked to both fathers or mothers (multilke mariages) this logic does not work properly on one of the flagged parents. You can seek a better explanation from Family Search, it has been awhile since I learned about this logic.

    AND of course other research individuals still will not see your children in Family Search as long as they are alive. Once the children are no longer living they will need NEW PIN Numbers to be recognized in the system as viewable to all researchers.

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