Adding family members from the heart

LegacyUser

BeatrizM said: I wonder if it would be possible to add a person to a family tree in a dotted line that indicates that this particular person is considered family but is not a blood or by mariage member. For example, in some countries in the countryside it was a custom to take care of a child without parents or a person working in the farm or with the family became a family member over the years, there is no way to link these beloved ones to one’s tree.
Did anyone think of that?
Thank you!

LegacyUser

Jeff Wiseman said: Tom Martel set up a topic on this general subject a few weeks back:
https://getsatisfaction.com/familysea...
This could handle things such as God-parents, etc.

However, I believe that your specific examples are already handled by the tools. For example, where parents are taking care of a child (e.g., orphaned), it can be properly shown in the system by first adding that child to the family of those parents, and then setting the Parent-Child Relationship Type to an appropriate value. Minimally, this would be "Guardianship", although if supported by records it might also be "Foster" or even "Adoptive"

LegacyUser

BeatrizM said: Thank you, Jeff.
It helps although I don’t see a ‘sibliing’ relationship. For example, my grandmother had a ‘sister’’ that was part of the family without being related, I would love to add her but don’t know how.
I’ll keep digging in the answers posted at Tom Martel’s post.
Thank you!

LegacyUser

Jeff Wiseman said: Well, your grandmother and her sister do already show up as siblings in the same family with their parents. The fact that she lived with her sister and brother-in-law can be documented in the Other Information area (certainly in residences), but obviously it is not shown graphically the way you mentioned. I think that is the type of request that Joe was asking about.

LegacyUser

ATP said: You might also wish to consider adding that information in the form of a story about your grandmother to Memories and elaborate on it in anyway you might wish. Sounds like a story all her descendants and other family kin might love to know in the future.