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From: "wim prange" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] entires for children
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:22:20 +0100
In-Reply-To: <000701c61089$d5cc7c70$85fbb841@rebh>


Hi Evelyn

'Step Son' is straightened out too?

Gr. Wim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evelyn Hendricks [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 6:19 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [GENBOX] entires for children
>
> That seems to be straightened out now. I guess the mess was
> the result of me not being sure of just what to do when
> entering him. Thank you for your help.
> Evelyn
> PS Yes, I do have an interesting family, but each one of them
> loves me dearly and considers me to be "Mother."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wim prange" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 7:01 AM
> Subject: RE: [GENBOX] entires for children
>
>
> > Hi Evelyn
> >
> > Wow, you've got a very confusing family ;-)
> >
> > Let's first try to solve Adopted Son. When I understand it
> correctly,
> > Adopted Son has unknown biological parents; a known
> birthdate and a known
> > adoptiondate. On your and/or your husband's view, Adopted
> Son's actual
> > birthdate should *not* be visible at all. His birthdate
> should only be
> > visible on his own view and on the views from his
> biological parents when
> > they were known. Furthermore, his adoption-date should only
> be visible in
> > the Eventslist (below the Childrenslist) on your or your husband's
> > Summary-tab. Only Adopted Son's name and gender should be
> listed in the
> > Childrenslist.
> >
> > Check the Parents-tab and the Birth and Adoption-events
> from Adopted Son.
> He
> > should have one parent-family since you do not know his
> biological parents
> > (Genbox doesn't create a record for a parentfamily when
> both parents are
> > unknown). You and your husband should be listed as
> "adoptive parent" under
> > Relation. Check if there are more parentfamilies created
> (with the slider
> on
> > top-right corner of the tab). If so, delete the incorrect
> families with
> the
> > little x-button next to the slider.
> > In his Birth-event (Events-tab), both parents should be listed as
> "(unknown
> > parent) (-?)". If it does show a named parent, place the
> mouse in the
> > parentfield and hit delete.
> > In his Adoption-event, you and your husband should listed
> as adoptive
> > parents.
> >
> > So far so good?
> >
> > Let us know what you've found. When Adopted Son is listed
> correctly, we
> will
> > try to tackle Step Son
> >
> > Gr Wim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Evelyn Hendricks [mailto:]
> > > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:44 PM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: [GENBOX] entires for children
> > >
> > > In my summary view I have four children listed. One of these
> > > is my step son, on whose page I made myself his primary
> > > mother. His biological mother also shows on my husband's
> summary page.
> > > Also on both my husband's and my page it shows our adopted
> > > son with his birth date. On my husband's page it shows both
> > > his birth date and the date he was adopted. The problem is
> > > that it shows his birth date as a childbirth for both of us,
> > > making it appear as if two separate people are involved. My
> > > page does not show him adopted at all, but makes it appear as
> > > if he is a biological child. I have him entered on his own
> > > page with my husband and myself as his adoptive parents. I
> > > know I must be doing something wrong, but I am not sure just
> > > what it is. I don't show natural parents for him, because I
> > > don't know who they were.
> > > My page shows my son, my daughter, my step-son and my adopted
> > > son as a biological child.
> > > My husband's page shows our son, our daughter, his son and
> > > the adopted child with the correct birthday. In the event
> > > section of the summary page it shows the adopted child with
> > > the adoption date. Is this the way it is supposed to?
> > > The children also are not in chronological order. Is there
> > > someway to correct this?
> > > Evelyn
> > >
> > >
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