Doing an ancestor tree for someone whose parents were cousins, two generations up the grandparents are duplicated. I have played around with the options in "Check for duplicates" but cannot get the tree to only show the couple once as the parents of the two sons whose grandchildren married. Is this possible or will I always have this couple in twice? Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk

Anne, One way would be to hide the unwanted granparent boxes using the "hide marked boxes" command on the "diagrams" menu. There may well be another way and perhaps someone will be able to advise on this. Peter E

Thanks, Peter What I was aiming at was to show two males as the sons of one couple, rather than the same parents being shown for both. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family- > historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of P.Evans > Sent: 30 December 2011 16:32 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] Help with duplicate ancestors in diagram > > Anne, > One way would be to hide the unwanted granparent boxes using the "hide > marked boxes" command on the "diagrams" menu. > There may well be another way and perhaps someone will be able to advise > on > this. > > Peter E > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN- > USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Anne, This will get pretty much what you want with an Ancestor Diagram. (1) In the Diagram Options on General tab untick Check for duplicates to eliminate flared ribbon between duplicate Grandparents (2) Right-click in turn on the two Grandparents nearest the centre of tree and choose Hide. (3) Open the Diagram > Movement Control Box and select Box & Bar radio button. (4) Drag the small white diamonds on line connecting each Grandparent to their son to move the visible Grandparents as near each other as possible. (4) Use the Diagram > Insert into Diagram > Line option and draw a horizontal line between the two small white diamonds. This gets you quite close to what you want. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Cole Sent: 30 December 2011 16:42 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Help with duplicate ancestors in diagram Thanks, Peter What I was aiming at was to show two males as the sons of one couple, rather than the same parents being shown for both. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family- > historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of P.Evans > Sent: 30 December 2011 16:32 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] Help with duplicate ancestors in diagram > > Anne, > One way would be to hide the unwanted granparent boxes using the "hide > marked boxes" command on the "diagrams" menu. > There may well be another way and perhaps someone will be able to advise > on > this. > > Peter E > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN- > USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message