Questions tagged [family-tree]
For questions about visually representing data in a way that reflects the parent-child and spousal relationships of a group of people.
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Add info (like occupation) to a family tree in Gramps
In Gramps, when I create a Family Lines Graph, for each person, it shows specific info: name, dates of birth / death, places of birth death.
Can I add other info to this graph? I'd like to add ...
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Distributing family tree as image - security?
I just created a huge family tree using mind-mapping tools, not common geneology tools. I'd like to distribute this to relatives as a PNG. I'm concerned about security. What should not be in a tree ...
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Trying to understand family tree
I’m a college student that came across this family tree diagram and am trying to interpret it. My current interpretation puts almost every individual in the diagram to having either incest, an affair, ...
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Identifying maternal grandfather using DNA
I have recently started the process of grouping my DNA matches on my mother’s side. It's starting to look like the man I thought was my grandfather may not be. I don't have my mother’s DNA but I have ...
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Finding Moroccan ancestors [closed]
I would like to find some family members, but I don`t really know if they exist or not.
I only have our last name and my grandpa's name, who I have never met. His name is possibly Adnane Toujjani, ...
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On FamilySearch, is it possible to find how I am related to someone more than 15/16 generations back?
First, I found the question Tracing relationships on FamilySearch's Family Tree through more than 15 generations? which is very similar, but I was not satisfied with the answer (and maybe a new ...
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Running RootsMagic in WINE on Linux
I've been running linux for over 20 years, and haven't ever bothered to learn how to run Win programs in WINE, but now I want to use RootsMagic to completely back up my enormous Ancestry.com tree. I ...
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Representing genealogy when multiple intra-familial marriages occurred
I searched this site and found a similar question from 2012. I'm hoping that genealogy programs have improved since then. I have a genealogy in which multiple intrafamilial marriages occurred. ...
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Showing Adopted Name and Birth Name on Family Tree
My biological parents gave birth to 9 children. When my birth father died, the 4 youngest children (including me) were put up for adoption and our names were changed. (4 different adoptive families)
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Is person who has lost family last name still considered Direct descendant
My aunt's children, already have children, and these kids no longer have any of my grandparents' last names, as they have inherited the lastname from the husband.
Can they still be considered as ...
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When designing/drawing a family tree in one view, how should I handle the parents, grandparents, etc. of a significant other of 3 children
When designing/drawing a family tree in one view, how should I handle the parents, grandparents, etc. of a significant other of 3 children?
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331 cm Uncle - could it be different relative
On 23&me the DNA results came in yesterday and it exactly states "You & John share the DNA that was passed down from two of your grandparents (his parents)". We have 331cm in common ...
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Working on pre-16th century German genealogy
I was researching my family on Ancestry, and I seem to have discovered that I can trace my mother's father's line all the way from present-day to about 11th C. The earliest name I can find is Moshe ...
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Can niece not connect to my paternal line but her daughter connects to my maternal and paternal side?
My niece is a dna match 2112 cM over 80 segments. She only matches on my maternal side of the family.
Her daughter is a dna match of 1118 cM over 46 segments. She matches both my maternal and paternal ...
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Incestual representation in genealogy tree
I am far from an expert when it comes to genealogy but I just had a random thought. How do you deal with complex incestual relationships in genealogy when trying to represent a family tree.
A father ...
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