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== To specify parents ==
[[Image:Select-family.png|right|thumb400px|250pxleft|Fig. 4.3 Select family]][[Media:Family.png|family-fig]]
You can specify Active Person's parents in the {{man label|Relationship}} View ([[Media:Family.png|See ''family-fig]]''). A little care is required to prevent the creation of duplicate families. If you wish to add the Active Person to an already existing family, you should click the {{man button|Select}} button. If the family including the parents does not already exist, you should click the {{man button|Add}} button.
If you click on the {{man button|Select}} button, you are presented with the {{man label|Select Family}} dialog. This will allow you to select the existing family, and then the Active Person will be added as a child to the family.
If you click on the {{man button| Add}} button, a new {{man label|Edit Family}} dialog is presented with the Active Person listed a child of the new family. You can add the parents to the family by either adding new people as the parents or selecting existing people as the parents.
{{man warn| Warning |If you create a new family and select parents that are already in an existing family, GRAMPS Gramps will issue a warning message. If you proceed by saving the new family, you will have a duplicate family.}}
[[Image:Family-warn.png|right|thumb|250px300px|Fig. 4.4 Duplicate family]]
You can also specify the parents of a person in the {{man label|Family List}} View. If the family already exists, click on the Toolbar {{man button|Edit}} button on the tool bar and add the person as a child when the {{man label|Edit Family}} dialog is displayed. If the family does not already exist, click the {{man button|Add}} button to create a new family, and add the appropriate parents and children.
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