I also have FTM and, as well as being able to change the default gender, you can also select under relationship in RHS- married, partner, spouse, friend etc. However when you synch to Ancestry, the same sex partner is referred to as "married to", and ancestry does not appear to have developed more options for relationships other than married. You also raise a good point about seeking permission to enter the relationship type. If the people are dead as in my family, I have elected to use "friend" as they were older people and private. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Tregonning" <[email protected]> To: "'Annette McLean'" <[email protected]>; "'New Zealand Rootsweb'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [nz] Same sex marriages >I have Family Tree Maker and I just did a test. If you enter a female >person > and then enter a spouse, the spouse's gender defaults to Male but the > system > allows you to change it to Female. I am assuming it would also work the > other way around. I don't know if this would cause any flow on issues, but > someone else who has done this may know. > > But if the question is whether you want to show a same sex marriage in the > first place then I think it is up to you and the couple concerned to > decide > how they want to be shown. If they are legally married or are in a civil > partnership, then I think the default position would be to include them as > a > spouse the same as any other couple. > > Regards, > > Christine J Tregonning > > -----Original Message----- > From: NEW-ZEALAND > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Annette McLean > Sent: Friday, 20 January 2017 3:36 PM > To: New Zealand Rootsweb <[email protected]> > Subject: [nz] Same sex marriages > > Hi List > > I was wondering how to enter a same sex marriages into my genealogy > programme. > At present I am putting them into the marriage notes of one of the > partners. > Any other ideas? > > Annette > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message