Suggesting chart feature with multi-parent type selectability & display
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Cathy Anderegg said: It is just not that hard to do it now. Mouse over the couple box, click on the parent arrow to the right, click on the parents you want to display, click Tree. Done!
Where would you list the relationship of Biological, Step, Foster, guardian, Adoptive? Clutter on the box.0 -
W. Allan Levorsen said: In regards to displaying the type of parental relationship, I was thinking that a three letter abbreviation would suffice. As for where to display those abbreviations, perhaps in the middle of the color bars would also suffice.0
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W. Allan Levorsen said: The original idea was intended mainly for the 'interactive' fan chart. I see what you mean about selecting different sets of parents (but there is no obvious clue that there are multiple parents in the pedigree view). My (previous) follow-up comment on where to put the relationship type abbreviation may apply to the fan charts. Also, I note that even though one may select an alternate set of parents in the pedigree view, the alternate parents do not show up in the fan chart view. This is another problem that would need to be addressed. (There is also no obvious way to set the default or dominant set of parents in the pedigree view.)0
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W. Allan Levorsen said: Also, I should have said color 'arc' rather than color bar in a previous comment, however, I note that there is no color arc on the first level (showing the parents of the primary level). Also, the outermost color arcs could show relationships beyond the limits of the chart. I suggest that the position of the color arcs should therefore be between the related persons rather than beyond them. (I also suggest that the color display could be geared to personal preferences such as user-indicated colors based on locality keys, such as geographic levels of political jurisdictions, etc. But that is a rather distinct and different idea and suggestion. See such ideas noted in separate suggestion.)0
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Jason Ivy said:
The original idea was intended mainly for the 'interactive' fan chart. I see what you mean about selecting different sets of parents (but there is no obvious clue that there are multiple parents in the pedigree view)
I agree. I've brought this issue up before.
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Cathy Anderegg said: You probably have to select the parents you want to display from the pedigree view and then they will show on the fan.0
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W. Allan Levorsen said: I had already found the strategy in this last suggestion not to work. Apparently the pedigree view has default parental settings that cannot be over-ridden by selecting the set of parents that are not default parents.0
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Ron Tanner said: The intent is to provide same functionality as in the tree view. The fan chart is not complete. We will be updating it over time to match capabilities of the tree view.0
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I have a slightly different problem with this. There is an unknown parent of a collateral relative, i.e. she was born out of wedlock and have not yet ID'd the father. The 'dafault' is her male guardian (married to her mother). I want to print out an accurate pedigree chart without the male guardian, but see no option other than to remove completely the male guardian, print out the pedigree chart, then add him back in. Not a great option.
This situation must COMMOMLY exist for people with unknown father/mother, but known step-father/step-mother.
Any advice as to how to print out an accurate pedigree chart WITHOUT the guardian? Thanks!
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Family Tree allows more than one set of parents for a person.
When more than one set of parents are included, there is an option to set the “preferred” parents, and that parent or parents will show in the pedigree views & printed charts.
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