Difference between revisions of "Indicate a divorce"

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# Add both spouses
 
# Add both spouses
 
# Set the relationship to ''Married''
 
# Set the relationship to ''Married''
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# Add an Event of type ''Marriage''
 
# Add an Event of type ''Divorce''
 
# Add an Event of type ''Divorce''
  
 
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Revision as of 17:57, 26 December 2016

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?

Gramps does not consider Divorced to be a relationship type. Instead, it is an event 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.

So to represent a marriage that ended in divorce:

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