> My father uses Family Tree Maker ver. 8, and he is having a > disappointing and puzzling problem. When he does Kinship reports on > 90% or more of his relatives, he'll get a very complete long list > including my father's name in the report (just like it should be). > He has some, just a few descendant that a Kinship report will only > show perhaps 10 names, when the report should be very long. He has > checked his submission of data, and he can not figure why the > reports are not complete. He is 79 and frustrated. He swears there > must be a bug in the program, but I said it's probably some way some > data must have been entered (such as a comma , initially, space, or > other slight difference in a data entry) in a way which makes this > program act screwy when giving a proper complete Kinship report. > Has anyone had this problem, and what was the solution? The poor > guy had a heart attack abt. 3 mo. ago, and this is main > entertainment and hobby. Please help! I may cross post this > message to other groups because he has worked so hard on the > genealogy, and he is very disappointed right now. Thanks -- if you > read and consider this query > Sincerely - Randy O Some time for unknown reasons FTM will do its own thing and goof this up. Go to the last person it shows and on the family page click on more about on every one on the linage. See if a check mark appears where it shouldn't (leave out this relationship or a wrong relationship is shown.) I don't know how this happens but it does. Deana Smith GOOD LUCK hope this helps. "Dora Smith" <deanae@alltel.net>