Multiple Spouses in Tree View

[Allsop]

If a person had more than one spouse is it possible to show all spouses & their descendants in the same tree view Tree View?

[Mark]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

Hi Andrew,

If you have the Tree View set to Hourglass (vs. Pedigree) and navigate to the parents of the person who has multiple spouses, all of the spouses will be displayed.

Hope that helps

[Allsop]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

Hi Andrew,

If you have the Tree View set to Hourglass (vs. Pedigree) and navigate to the parents of the person who has multiple spouses, all of the spouses will be displayed.

Hope that helps

Thank you I hadn't realised this, it does indeed show all the spouses. Well, isn't this very odd! All the spouses & children are shown of a person's children but not of the person him/herself! Why I wonder is that? I shall put it onto the Wish List as I find this to be a most peculiar anomaly.

[Bob White]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

Down in the lower right, look for a gear that has the word "hourglass" next to it. To the right of "hourglass," there is a number up and a number down. These numbers determine the number of generations showing on your tree view. You may have one set to zero. To revise the numbers, click on the gear and make your changes in the resulting dialog box.

[Allsop]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

Thanks Bob, I know about the function you speak abut ad i have it set at the maximum possible, but that was not my question! I was querying te fact that multiple spouses and the children by all spouses were not shown at the same time in tree view but you have to switch between spouses to see the descendants by any particular spouse. But thanks anyway.

[Bob White]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

Must be something else in the settings. My biological father and two of his brothers have several marriages and children by multiple wives. In tree view, all of the children and grandchildren are displaying. Is that what you are looking for? Or am I still not understanding?

[Frank]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

Andrew is referring only to the "source couple" in the Tree view. As I pointed out here...

http://www.reuniontalk.com/showthread.php?t=8102

...multiple spouses of the source couple are not included in the tree view; thus, children of other spouses of the source husband and wife are not included in the tree view.

[Alara]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

Andrew is referring only to the "source couple" in the Tree view. As I pointed out here...

http://www.reuniontalk.com/showthread.php?t=8102

...multiple spouses of the source couple are not included in the tree view; thus, children of other spouses of the source husband and wife are not included in the tree view.

Hello,
I see the point here. However, when I do this in order to show the multiple spouses of Person A, I get a tree that's very wide as all the siblings of Person A and their wives and descendants also appear. Is there a way to separate the tree of Person A who has multiple spouses without showing the other offsprings of the source couple (parents)?
Thanks.
Alara

[ttl]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

Hello,
I see the point here. However, when I do this in order to show the multiple spouses of Person A, I get a tree that's very wide as all the siblings of Person A and their wives and descendants also appear. Is there a way to separate the tree of Person A who has multiple spouses without showing the other offsprings of the source couple (parents)?
Thanks.
Alara

I don't think this is possible in Tree View, but if a graphic that you can save and then pull up separately to reference would work for you, I'd recommend you explore the Charting options. You can mark people in your family file you want included in the chart, and then then create the chart with the Prune: Marked [people] only. Or you can just make the chart and then in the chart editor delete the boxes you don't want.

[Alara]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

Thank you. I will try that.

[Alara]

Re: Multiple Spouses in Tree View

I don't think this is possible in Tree View, but if a graphic that you can save and then pull up separately to reference would work for you, I'd recommend you explore the Charting options. You can mark people in your family file you want included in the chart, and then then create the chart with the Prune: Marked [people] only. Or you can just make the chart and then in the chart editor delete the boxes you don't want.

Hello - following the thread on multiple spouses. How do I make the tree view portrait in orientation (vertical)? When I view the tree of a male descendant with two spouses, I see a portrait (vertical) view of his tree with the first spouse using his parents as source. When I switch to the second spouse, I realize I have to select the second spouse from the People sidebar to bring up the second family in tree view, but the orientation is landscape (horizontal). How do I make the orientation the same as the previous tree view? I like to print from the tree view as I find this is the easiest way to share a particular tree with descendants who need to update their information. Thanks.