Should I detach?
I ran into Annie, Bessie, and Allen years ago. At first, I thought "Bessie" was a nickname for Annie. After a bit, I got them straightened out. Allen married Annie and had some children. Annie took sick and died. Bessie apparently had been helping out, and Patrick married her. They had 6 children. I didn't know about the censuses at the time, so didn't know about children.
Time passes. Someone else worked on the family and gave all but one child to Annie. Now I have the honor of deciding whether or not to detach the children from Annie on the census. The ones not living in the family at the time, I guess I can leave alone. I have detached Annie from the births of Bessie's children already.
I've wondered if they minded being cousins to their brother's and sisters.
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HI.
Regarding your question should you detach. It is difficult to answer that question without more information. Do you have PID's? From what is described Allen was married to both women. The children should be listed with the biological mom. You can mark "Preferred" for the person who is your ancestor (so it shows on your tree). Is Allen your direct descendant? If he is leaving both wives on his page would be fine and mark "preferred" for the wife that is also your direct descendant.
Thank you Family Search
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Just as additional information. A child can be linked to more than one set of parents. The default relationship , when a child is added, it is a biological relationship. If one (or both) of the parents are no longer linked to the child, then the new parental relationship needs to be added as step, adopted, guardian, etc. How do I specify biological, step, adopted, and foster relationships in Family Tree?
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I forgot to mention that Annie and Bessie are sisters. Sorry!
Thanks for the answers!
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