I appreciate the answers, the problem is that I was looking for a way to show twins in the relationship area. You can assign children to parents and make them step children etc but there is no way I can see of creating a twin relationship between siblings. I am using FTM 2012 as pointed out, may upgrade to 2014 but unsure if its worth it. I am aware you could put 'twin of' etc but as the program allows to attach and detaching folk from their parents etc I would have thought it would be able to link multiple births. Thanks for the input, it is appreciated. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NFK] FTM twins Hi Keith With respect there have been responses to the original but I am still unsure what the problem is I would expect FTM 2012 (if its 2012) to accept twins with no problems If its just a reporting problem, then adding the word twin or twin of to the name would suffice I would have thought Such as John (twin of Fred) SMITH But as I said I am still unsure what the problem is Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/04/2014 06:14, Keith Drage wrote: > I notice noone seems to be answering the question you asked. I can at > least try some suggestions. > > I am only a user of the earlier FTM version (2005), but I would suggest > a couple of things you could do, and some of this depends on how you > intend to use such indications. > > 1) If you juest want to record it, then place it as a textual > statement in the the "resizable notes" for both individuals ------------------------------- 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

Hi Jan My way of dealing with this is to add (twin of .....) at the end of the name in both cases or (triplet of ....& ...) this provide an identity and allows for separate details in later life, I have both of these in the family tree and we also suspect quads but have not been able to prove this. A more difficult relationship is to keep records of a bigamous 2 x Great Grandfather! Regards Patrick I appreciate the answers, the problem is that I was looking for a way to show twins in the relationship area. You can assign children to parents and make them step children etc but there is no way I can see of creating a twin relationship between siblings. I am using FTM 2012 as pointed out, may upgrade to 2014 but unsure if its worth it. I am aware you could put 'twin of' etc but as the program allows to attach and detaching folk from their parents etc I would have thought it would be able to link multiple births. Thanks for the input, it is appreciated. Jan

Hi again I am still a little mystified as to what you are wanting What I would suggest is to post the enquiry on one of the FTM lists where there are very knowledgeable people, if it is possible they will know how Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/04/2014 10:48, Jans Mail wrote: > I appreciate the answers, the problem is that I was looking for a way to > show twins in the relationship area. You can assign children to parents and > make them step children etc but there is no way I can see of creating a twin > relationship between siblings. > I am using FTM 2012 as pointed out, may upgrade to 2014 but unsure if its > worth it. > I am aware you could put 'twin of' etc but as the program allows to attach > and detaching folk from their parents etc I would have thought it would be > able to link multiple births. > > Thanks for the input, it is appreciated. > > Jan

Nivard, I never thought anyone could flummox you. Sorry Jan -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 11:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NFK] FTM twins Hi again I am still a little mystified as to what you are wanting What I would suggest is to post the enquiry on one of the FTM lists where there are very knowledgeable people, if it is possible they will know how Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/04/2014 10:48, Jans Mail wrote: > I appreciate the answers, the problem is that I was looking for a way to > show twins in the relationship area. You can assign children to parents > and > make them step children etc but there is no way I can see of creating a > twin > relationship between siblings. > I am using FTM 2012 as pointed out, may upgrade to 2014 but unsure if its > worth it. > I am aware you could put 'twin of' etc but as the program allows to attach > and detaching folk from their parents etc I would have thought it would be > able to link multiple births. > > Thanks for the input, it is appreciated. > > Jan ------------------------------- 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

Oh crikey yes I have been confused by experts at it <vg> (I am married to one ;-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/04/2014 14:07, Jans Mail wrote: > Nivard, > I never thought anyone could flummox you. > Sorry > > Jan