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How do I add twins/triplets/etc?: link 'roles' introductory material
[[File:FamilyEditor-dialog-example-50.png|right|thumb|450px| Family Editor from Family view]]
If you wish to add a child to an existing family from the Family View, find the Family in the displayed list. You may either select the family by clicking on the {{icon|stock_edit}}{{man button|Edit}} button in the toolbar, or double-clicking on the family in the list. This will display the Edit Family form for this person. At this point, you may add the child.
If you wish to add a child to a new family (a family that does not yet exist in the database), click on the {{icon|stock_add}}{{man button|Add}} button on the toolbar. This will bring up an Edit Family form. On this form, you may add new parents and childrenwith the {{icon|stock_add}}{{man button|Add a new person as the father/mother}} buttons at the right of the labels for either parent or the {{icon|stock_add}}{{man button|Create a new person and add the child to the family}} button in toolbar below the Children tab.
To add an existing person to a blank spot, use the use the {{icon|share}}Share button in the appropriate section of the Family Editor dialog.
{{man tip| 1=Adding existing Persons more efficiently|2=To add existing Persons, you ''could'' use the {{icon|share}}Share buttons to find and select each, one by one. But when adding more than one existing person to a Family, it is more efficient to switch to the People view after using the {{icon|stock_add}}{{man button|Add a new family}} button in the Family View [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Toolbar|toolbar]]. You can find and drag each Person to the appropriate spot in the New Family dialog. This saves the time that the People Selector would need to populate the list for '''''each''''' added person. <br /><br />Using [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Navigation#Using_the_Clipboard|clipboard]] or the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#Session_Log|Session Log]] history can also use [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_and_drop drag and drop] to improve the efficiency of adding recently accessed Persons.}}
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When you look at the list of children in a family, those with the same birth-date are obviously twins. But if you don't know the birth-date, or only know the year, you need some other way to indicate the relationship. You can do this by having them share a single birth event.
Take for example, the twins Thomas and Peter. When you create the Birth event for Thomas, make the {{man label|Description}} say "Birth twin births of Thomas and Peter". Then add a reference to that same event to Peter's event list, either by ''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_and_drop drag and drop]'', or by using the {{man button|Share an existing event}} button. Then set the shared Role to "''[[Gramps_Glossary#primary|Primary]]''". Set {{man tip|Manually set [[Gramps_Glossary#event_role|Roles]] for shared Events|It is important to set the {{man label|Role}} for shared events. When adding a new Event to a Person, Gramps assumes the person will play a "''Primary''" Role and guesses that by default. However, the Role cannot be guessed for participants in a shared Events and defaults to "''[[Gramps_Glossary#unknown|Unknown]]''". Non-primary participants of a Birth event for both people might include a midwife, doctor, birthing coach... but the Role should never be left as "''Unknown''". <br /><br />Be certain to set the Role to "''Primary''"each time a Birth event is shared for multiple births.}}Now when you view the event list for either Thomas or Peter, you will see the {{man label|Description}} reminding you that they are twins. And as you add details (such as birth date or place) to the birth event for either of them, those details will automatically display for the other as well.
Now when you view the event list You can search for either Thomas or Peter, you will see shared births by using a custom filter with the Events [[Gramps_{{man label|Descriptionversion}} reminding you that they are twins. And as you add details such as birth date to _Wiki_Manual_-_Filters#Events_Category_2|General rules]] ''Events with the particular type'' (where the type is ''birth event for either '') in combination with ''Events with a reference count of them, those details will automatically display for <count>'' (where count is greater than 1) and where all rules apply. You can also use the other as well'''Families with twins''' rule in a Family custom filter.
= Adding other information =
== Adding an occupation or other special information ==
It is sometimes indicated in old documents that the person's activity was brewer, nails maker, woodchopper, etc. Edit You might add a [[Events_in_Gramps#Vocational|Vocational Event]] and include this as part of the description in the person's event or . Alternately, you could make this an [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_3#Attributes|Attribute]]: select the Attribute Tab. There , add a new Attribute to add , and select type the wished desired information. Type what you want to add.
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