Jeff wrote: > Henry & Carolyn wrote: > >> what is 'GIGO"? >> >> "Hugh Watkins" <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:5o5qhlFlcdhqU2@mid.individual.net... >> >>> Henry & Carolyn wrote: >>> >>>> I just recently installed FTM 16 and my relationships seem to have >>>> gone screwy. My mother's sister has now somehow become my >>>> half-aunt...and others that came up as related before now come up >>>> not related. I am getting confused! >>>> TIA >>> >>> GIGO >>> >>> Hugh W > > > Garbage In Garbage Out > > An irrelevant and totally unhelpful response from Hugh. a well known problem with FTM it is unforgiving of missing marriage dates for example and errors in stating whether childrens parents ar natural or step or unknown etc etc select child menu >> people >> Other Parents The OP does not state if she has imported a gedcom or done some merging or hand keyed all of it if her mother's sister is incorrectly entered the relationship calculator will only do what appears to it is correct trees tease too with step siblings who are not blood relations being left out there may be a hidden spouselss marriage to find out how to clean it up go to the roots web FTM list archives or the FTM Knowledge base if she has entered one parent twice by accident at some point . . . the OP has got some data which needs editing to get rid of the garbage merging two individuals is one of the tricks to use FTM is a large program with an excellent help Menu and a friendly community and it will take months to learn all about it Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:54:19 +0100, Hugh Watkins <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote: <snip> >FTM is a large program with an excellent help Menu and a friendly >community and it will take months to learn all about it and one can't imagine a better way to waste a few months..... -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/