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Stephanie Weiner

genealogy software question

Legg inn av Stephanie Weiner » 10 feb 2005 16:00:02

I will be doing a presentation at a genealogy conference in July in Las
Vegas. The topic of my presentation is

Non-Traditional Family Relationships: Issues of Privacy &
Confidentiality in Constructing a Genealogical Tree

My initial aim in this presentation was to discuss adopted persons and
those people born through Assisted Reproduction techniques. However, I
have received 2 e-mails inquiring about gay and lesbian parents, and
whether there is any software that accommodates 2 mothers or 2 fathers.
Does anyone on this list know of genealogy software that allows for this
configuration?

Stephanie Weiner
San Diego, CA
laguna@sciti.com

Paul Bolchover

Re: genealogy software question

Legg inn av Paul Bolchover » 10 feb 2005 16:50:48

In article <420B7502.6070502@sciti.com>,
Stephanie Weiner <laguna@sciti.com> wrote:
I will be doing a presentation at a genealogy conference in July in Las
Vegas. The topic of my presentation is

Non-Traditional Family Relationships: Issues of Privacy &
Confidentiality in Constructing a Genealogical Tree

My initial aim in this presentation was to discuss adopted persons and
those people born through Assisted Reproduction techniques. However, I
have received 2 e-mails inquiring about gay and lesbian parents, and
whether there is any software that accommodates 2 mothers or 2 fathers.
Does anyone on this list know of genealogy software that allows for this
configuration?

The Master Geneologist allows an unlimited number of parents.
(Though at any one time, you list a primary "mother" and a primary
"father", all of the reports can be custom-written to allow same-sex
couples.)

Paul

f/fgeorge

Re: genealogy software question

Legg inn av f/fgeorge » 10 feb 2005 21:58:09

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:57:00 +0000 (UTC), laguna@sciti.com (Stephanie
Weiner) wrote:

I will be doing a presentation at a genealogy conference in July in Las
Vegas. The topic of my presentation is

Non-Traditional Family Relationships: Issues of Privacy &
Confidentiality in Constructing a Genealogical Tree

My initial aim in this presentation was to discuss adopted persons and
those people born through Assisted Reproduction techniques. However, I
have received 2 e-mails inquiring about gay and lesbian parents, and
whether there is any software that accommodates 2 mothers or 2 fathers.
Does anyone on this list know of genealogy software that allows for this
configuration?

Stephanie Weiner
San Diego, CA
laguna@sciti.com
At this point in history there is NO WAY for a person to be born

without BOTH parents contributing, at the very least, their DNA.
Therefore your question is more about the way each program handles who
the child is living with, not who the parents were. Lots of my
ancestors are unknown. That does not mean they did not exist, as in
the case of your gay and lesbian relationships, one or both of the
"parents" is not REALLY the biological parent. A male and a female
are REQUIRED to make a child. Either or both may be unknown, BUT a
child MUST have both. Sooo, your question is better served by asking
whether a person can be living with the same or different sex
individuals. In the case of TMG the answer is yes.
Your question could also involve whether the program allows for same
sex marriages. Again I believe that TMG does.

Steve W. Jackson

Re: genealogy software question

Legg inn av Steve W. Jackson » 10 feb 2005 22:30:44

In article <420B7502.6070502@sciti.com>,
laguna@sciti.com (Stephanie Weiner) wrote:

I will be doing a presentation at a genealogy conference in July in Las
Vegas. The topic of my presentation is

Non-Traditional Family Relationships: Issues of Privacy &
Confidentiality in Constructing a Genealogical Tree

My initial aim in this presentation was to discuss adopted persons and
those people born through Assisted Reproduction techniques. However, I
have received 2 e-mails inquiring about gay and lesbian parents, and
whether there is any software that accommodates 2 mothers or 2 fathers.
Does anyone on this list know of genealogy software that allows for this
configuration?

Stephanie Weiner
San Diego, CA
laguna@sciti.com

Reunion for Macintosh allows two individuals to be placed together on a
family card irrespective of whether they're the same sex. It even
allows designation of their sex as unknown. Therefore, the designated
sex of the two individuals is not a factor in placing children with
them. This can be done even without two "parents" being present on the
family card. Therefore, those wishing to represent other than genetic
relationships can do so with Reunion.

= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama

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