FTM 2009 Help Please

[MalcolmES]

I have a second cousin who was married twice and had children in both marriages.

I had one of the children attached to the wrong marriage and thought I had corrected it.

When I click on the preferred wife and then on any of the children the Family View is correct.

When I click on the second wife and then on the child I moved the Family View shows her father’s parents as her parents. With other children of this marriage the Family View is correct.

I hope I have explained myself OK can anyone tell me what I have done wrong and how to correct it?

Thanks
Malcolm

[lorry53]

Not sure what you've done wrong as I don't use FTM, but could you delete the child all together and recreate their record against the correct parents?

[Elaine ..Spain]

Rather than deleting the child, which may affect any descendants he/she may have, you should detach the child from the wrong set of parents and then attach to the correct set of parents.

Detaching a Child from the Wrong Parents in Family Tree Maker 2009

Attaching a Child to a Father and Mother in Family Tree Maker 2009

[lorry53]

Yes, of course, if there are descendants deletion would be a last resort.

[MalcolmES]

Elaine & Lorry, Thanks for the help sorry for the delay in answering I’m on the west coast of the USA so an eight hour time difference.

Malcolm

[MalcolmES]

Elaine just to let you know detaching then reattaching to the correct parents solved the problem. I still don’t know what happened unless I missed something when I split my tree. My Mom is Scottish and Dad is English and I decided to have an English and a Scottish tree.

Malcolm

[Elaine ..Spain]

Pleased that you have been able to sort it.