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2) Are they able to handle cyclical family trees, such as described in this famous stack overflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/q/6163683/67591* http://sta
by rmc 12y ago
2) Are they able to handle cyclical family trees, such as described in this famous stack overflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/q/6163683/67591* http://stackoverflow.com/q/6163683/67591*
Their current software spec for GEDCOM can't even handle same-sex marriage.
GEDCOM is rapidly becoming a poor choice for reflecting current reality.
- spindritf 12y agoIt's discussed below[1]. AFAIK people of the same sex cannot have a biological descendant of both so it's inconsequential here. A more pertinent complaint is the one you cut out: incest. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8469570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8469570
- rmc 12y ago(a) Lots of family tree software supports non-biological/genetic decendents, like adoption. Why allow recording of adoption for different sex couples but not same-sex couples? (b) In places with gender recognition law, someone can legally have their new gender recognised, and hence be legally female or male, and be capable of genetically producing children with someone of the same gender.
- spindritf 12y agoI'm guessing they're not big on sex change either.
- tfinniga 12y agoGedcom is pretty much deprecated. The currently supported method is working directly on the common data, either using the web app or using their api.
- rmc 12y agoThe GEDCOM file format is one of the main file formats supported by most family tree software.