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Tree-views aren't sufficient for genealogy, sadly. Cycles can and do occur. For example this classic question [1] contains an example: "The problem is that h
by stevekemp 12y ago
Tree-views aren't sufficient for genealogy, sadly. Cycles can and do occur.
For example this classic question [1] contains an example:
"The problem is that he has two children with his own daughter, and, as a result, he can't use my software because of errors."
In my family past I've seen some strange things too, but nothing quite on that order.
[1] - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6163683/cycles-in-family-tree-software http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6163683/cycles-in-family-...
- gsnedders 12y agoThe far more common case is (distant) cousins marrying. Go back two hundred years, most working class people were born in one town, married in the same, and died there, so unsurprisingly you'll come across the same people in multiple branches.
- stevekemp 12y agoIndeed, and there are also interesting modern cases where two gay men might get married, and adopt a child - in that case the child has no mother. (Well obviously there is a mother in the biological sense, but it might be that the data isn't available. Instead in tracking a "family" tree you'd have two fathers.)