Genealogy Chat

Hi everyone Thanks so much for your help, I like some of the ideas for the fathers name lol. Ive just left it blank for the moment, hoping that in the future maybe I will find out the father (probably no chance) but you can always hope. Much appreciated to everyone for helping me. Best wishes Yvonne

In FTM there is no need to add a spouse. Just enter the child against its mother.

Just a little funny (well I thought so anyway), my nephew decided to trace his family (his fathers) only to discover he had a Catholic priest with 3 illigitimate children.

I have two children with no Father in my tree so I call them...'Isabella's little secrets'...Isabella being the Mother lol Gerri x

I had plenty of 'unknown' spouses so I thought I would single this one out as 'Randy Git'. Makes a change it nothing else......and I did chuckle whilst I was adding him!

Oh, Teresa, I like that so much better than mine. I use Reunion and I found that Reunion will allow you to add one child to a woman without requiring a father, but if you've got a woman who had an illegitimate child, then had another (known) partner and had a couple more, you have to give the 'unknown' parent an identity. I just put him in as 'Unknown Father' or 'Unknown Spouse'. Just came across a relative who had two illegitimate children in the 1850s (surely that's a touch careless), both of whom were off-loaded onto grandma and grandad in time for the census. In this case, 'Unknown Father' on the Genes tree has to serve as parent to both children.

I entered an illigitimate childs father as 'Randy Git' on my tree as I have no idea who he was...well you have to put something in don't you. Hope nobody else has done it...I might get a Hot Match!

Hi Angela Thanks for your help will do that, much appreciated. Best Wishes Yvonne

Can anyone tell me how you add an illigitimate child on FTM? Much appreciated Yvonne

Yvonne I think you just need to add a spouse (no need to give him a name) & attach the child to that relationship. Angela