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;How do I represent a divorce?
 
;How do I represent a divorce?
  
''I want to indicate that two people are divorced, yet Gramps does not have a Relationship type of Divorced. How do I represent this?''
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;Question:''I want to indicate that two people are divorced, yet Gramps does not have a Relationship type of Divorced. How do I represent this?''
  
''Divorced'' is not a relationship type. Instead, it is an event status that terminates the relationship. If two people are divorced, it does not change the fact that they had a relationship type of ''Married''. Divorce, like Death, is one way in which a marriage is terminated. Just as the death of a spouse does not change the fact that two people were married, a divorce does not change the fact that two people were married.
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;Answer:''Divorced'' is not a relationship type. Instead, it is an event status that terminates the relationship. If two people are divorced, it does not change the fact that they had a relationship type of ''Married''. Divorce, like Death, is one way in which a marriage is terminated. Just as when widowed the death of a spouse does not change the fact that two people were married, a divorce does not change the fact that two people were married.
  
 
Other Civil or Marital Status possibilities are:
 
Other Civil or Marital Status possibilities are:
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* Widowed
 
* Widowed
  
So to represent the marriage status that ended in divorce:
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==Indicate a divorce in Gramps==
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[[File:FamilyEditor-dialog-example-50.png|right|thumb|400px| {{man label|Family Editor}} dialog]]
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So in Gramps to represent the marriage status that ended in divorce:
  
 
# Create a family
 
# Create a family
 
# Add both spouses
 
# Add both spouses
# Set the relationship to ''Married''
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# Set the relationship type to ''Married''
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# Select the Events tab
 
# Add an Event of type ''Marriage''
 
# Add an Event of type ''Marriage''
 
# Add an Event of type ''Divorce''
 
# Add an Event of type ''Divorce''
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_1#Family_Editor_dialog]]
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* [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Editing_information_about_events]]
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_status Marital status] - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_status Marital status] - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 16 March 2020

How do I represent a divorce?
Question
I want to indicate that two people are divorced, yet Gramps does not have a Relationship type of Divorced. How do I represent this?
Answer
Divorced is not a relationship type. Instead, it is an event status that terminates the relationship. If two people are divorced, it does not change the fact that they had a relationship type of Married. Divorce, like Death, is one way in which a marriage is terminated. Just as when widowed the death of a spouse does not change the fact that two people were married, a divorce does not change the fact that two people were married.

Other Civil or Marital Status possibilities are:

  • Single
  • Married
  • Divorced
  • Widowed


Indicate a divorce in Gramps

Family Editor dialog

So in Gramps to represent the marriage status that ended in divorce:

  1. Create a family
  2. Add both spouses
  3. Set the relationship type to Married
  4. Select the Events tab
  5. Add an Event of type Marriage
  6. Add an Event of type Divorce


See also