How Do I Add Additional Parents In Legacy Family Tree?

Are you seeking to learn how to add Additional Parents in Legacy? If so, then this is the perfect blog to get started with. Well, using Legacy, you get to connect a single individual to multiple parents. This may happen in the case of an adoptive child; when they are born into one family and adopted into another, hence you would want to link them to both their biological parents and also to their adoptive parents as well.

So to be able to add an adoptive parent in the Google Family Group, you would just need to go through a few instructions; you can access the Google Family Link settings by going to the Google Play Store or using a web browser. The maximum number of family members allowed to join your family is 6. The Family Manager will go to Settings > Family > Manage Family Members and then select Manage Parent Privileges to add additional parent(s).

In order To Add An Additional Set Of Parents, Follow The Given Steps:

1. To start with, please verify that the person to whom you want to add parents is in either the husband or wife box of the Family View.
2. Next, you can either right-click on the person’s name in the Family or Pedigree View, then click Add – Parents from the shortcut menu, which will show a Parents List.
3. Click on the Add New Parents button, which will create two UNKNOWN parents in the Parents List.
4. Next, click on the ‘Unknown & Unknown’ line and then simply select ‘Add Father’ – that will bring up the ‘Add Husband’ box as well.
5. If you would like to add a New person (father) that is not in the family file already, click on Add A New Person; If you are linking to an Existing Person (father) that is already in the family file, click on Link To An Existing Person.
6. If you selected add a New Person, the Information Screen will appear for you to add his information. If you selected Link to an Existing Person, you will be presented with a Name List that you can select from.
7. Then you can add the mother by going back to the Add Mother and repeating steps 5 and 6.
8. If you want the new parents to show in the Family View, select both of their names and click select.
9. You can switch parents in Family View by clicking outside of the husband’s Parents box to the left and outside of the wife’s Parents box to the right.

The Legacy Help File Will Guide You To Some Of The Different Examples.

After you open the Help menu and select Help Index, open the Tutorial Lessons. Under the Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced will be examples and demos.

• “How to Unlink/Delete a Child, Spouse, and Parent”
• “How to Add Parents” (more than one set of parents)
• “How to Connect to Current Individuals”
• “How to Add a Child”
• “How to Add Marriage Information”
• “How to Merge Duplicates”
• “How to Unlink/Delete a Child, Spouse, and Parent”
• “How do I Change the Order of the Spouse and Child?”

You can create report-type books showing biological ancestry by selecting the Wording tab and changing the wording for both parents and their children according to your liking. Click on the Report Options button and then click on the Include tab in the Report Options dialog box, select your options for Child Status and Child-Parent Relationship.

To generate your reports, click the Report Options button and in the Include tab of the Report Options dialog box select both “Child Status” and “Child-Parent Relationships.”

How to add additional parents is explaine in the Legacy help file. Go to the menu bar and click Help, then select Show Help Index. Select Tutorial Lessons from the help index, then on the next page select “How to Add Additional Parents.”

The Legacy help index has an article, “Multiple Parents & Single Parents,” which contains additional information related to this area; this article is slightly dated, but still contains useful information.

Is It Worth Adding Additional Parents In The Legacy Family Tree?

Yes, adding more than one parent in Legacy Family Tree software is a good idea. Legacy allows you to track complex relationships between parents, such as their biological, adopted or step relationships; thus providing a means to collect data about both nature and nurture on your family history. There are a variety of reasons to add more than one parent; you can learn how to do so by reading the following:

Reasons for Adding More Than One Parent:

• Information Accuracy: By adding birth and/or adoptive/step parents, you are providing next generations with as much information about an individual’s family tree as possible; this ensures the relationships to descendants are as accurate and comprehensive as possible in the long run.
• Genealogy Research Possibilities: If you are uncertain regarding the parent(s) of a person, creating a parent that you consider an “alternate” can give you more avenues to search for the correct one.
• DNA Connection Details: When using DNA tests to determine genetic relationships between you and others who have tested, having information about both parents is frequently necessary to determine how you could be related.
• Data About Who Raised the Child: It is frequently important to determine who raised a child as compared with who is the biological or legal parent; both pieces of data need to be documented accurately.

Conclusion

The above steps should definitely help you add Additional Parents in legacy without any difficulty. Nevertheless, if you encounter any problem or need further guidance on the same, you can call the Legacy Family Tree Help at +1-800-697-1474 or use the Live chat anytime. We provide the best tech support here; therefore, feel free to reach out to our team for immediate assistance.