Step Children and Divorces in the Descendants Report

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drlaudio
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Step Children and Divorces in the Descendants Report

Post by drlaudio » Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:07 pm

In the Descendants Report, it would be nice to have the option of including step-children in the report. Technically, they aren&#39t blood related descendants of the person the report is being generated for, but from a family point of view, it would be nice to have them included. Perhaps a checkbox option when you fist go to generate the report.

Also, marriage dates are included in the Descendant report, but not other marriage events, such as divorces, or the birth and death dates of spouses. In some cases, it&#39s very helpful to see when a couple divorced, or when a spouse died, so you can determine which spouse is the correct parent for any offspring. For example, I select the checkbox for "One line per person - Outline Report", and so if Person A gets married 3 times, and has 5 kids, the report right now shows:

Person A, b. birthdate, d. deathdate, m (1) spouse 1, m (2) spouse 2, (m) 3 Spouse 3.
Child 1, b. birthdate, d. deathdate
Child 2, b. birthdate, d. deathdate
Child 3, b. birthdate, d. deathdate
Child 4, b. birthdate, d. deathdate
Child 5, b. birthdate, d. deathdate

But it doesn&#39t tell you WHICH spouse is the parent of WHICH children. If the report showed when spouse 1 died, or when spouse 2 was divorced from Person A, you could use those dates to determine which children belong to which spouse (assuming the children&#39s birth dates are also listed)

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