[Gramps-users] Adding siblings to unknown parents

[Brian Blandford]

I have someone in my family tree whose parents are unknown but whose
sister's name I do know.
I can't find any way to add the sister as a sibling except as a child of
named parents.
Do I have to invent fictional parents to add this sibling to the tree?

Brian Blandford

[Gerald Britton]

I just went to family view, added a new family, added a test person to
the family and saved it without adding any parents. It worked just
fine!

Post by Brian Blandford
I have someone in my family tree whose parents are unknown but whose
sister's name I do know.
I can't find any way to add the sister as a sibling except as a child of
named parents.
Do I have to invent fictional parents to add this sibling to the tree?
Brian Blandford
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[Jim Winfrey]

Post by Brian Blandford
I have someone in my family tree whose parents are unknown but whose
sister's name I do know.
I can't find any way to add the sister as a sibling except as a child of
named parents.
Do I have to invent fictional parents to add this sibling to the tree?
Brian Blandford

Brian, this is very common if you do much census work. Doing a one
name study, I have many of these. To start with you do know, in most
cases, the last name of the father. I use this marking for unknown
people. "(?)" for unknown given names and "(Winfrey)" for last names
of females where I don't know the maiden name. So, in your case I
would have (?) Winfrey for the father and (?) (Winfrey) for the
mother.

Jim

[Duncan Lithgow]

Post by Jim Winfrey
Brian, this is very common if you do much census work. Doing a one
name study, I have many of these. To start with you do know, in most
cases, the last name of the father. I use this marking for unknown
people. "(?)" for unknown given names and "(Winfrey)" for last names
of females where I don't know the maiden name. So, in your case I
would have (?) Winfrey for the father and (?) (Winfrey) for the

With the way 3.0 will be working in reports the "?" becomes unneeded.
If you just leave it blank you can define what GRAMPS should put in
that field for reports.

Worth thinking about.

Duncan

[Gerald Britton]

I stopped using "?" a while ago. You don't need it. Also, I just
created a family with no surname, no father or mother and one child
with no name. No problem.

Post by Duncan Lithgow

Post by Jim Winfrey
Brian, this is very common if you do much census work. Doing a one
name study, I have many of these. To start with you do know, in most
cases, the last name of the father. I use this marking for unknown
people. "(?)" for unknown given names and "(Winfrey)" for last names
of females where I don't know the maiden name. So, in your case I
would have (?) Winfrey for the father and (?) (Winfrey) for the

With the way 3.0 will be working in reports the "?" becomes unneeded.
If you just leave it blank you can define what GRAMPS should put in
that field for reports.
Worth thinking about.
Duncan
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[Benny Malengier]

Post by Gerald Britton
I stopped using "?" a while ago. You don't need it. Also, I just
created a family with no surname, no father or mother and one child
with no name. No problem.

I think that that is only possible in upcoming 3.0 If it by accident is
possible in 2.2.x then it would be a bug, as some/most code in 2.2.x expects
there to be parents in a family

Benny

Post by Gerald Britton

Post by Duncan Lithgow

Post by Jim Winfrey
Brian, this is very common if you do much census work. Doing a one
name study, I have many of these. To start with you do know, in

most

Post by Duncan Lithgow

Post by Jim Winfrey
cases, the last name of the father. I use this marking for unknown
people. "(?)" for unknown given names and "(Winfrey)" for last names
of females where I don't know the maiden name. So, in your case I
would have (?) Winfrey for the father and (?) (Winfrey) for the

With the way 3.0 will be working in reports the "?" becomes unneeded.
If you just leave it blank you can define what GRAMPS should put in
that field for reports.
Worth thinking about.
Duncan
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