How do I make our family tree and include illegitimate child?

Question by Miz D:

How do I make our family tree and include illegitimate child?

I would like to include this child on my family tree and include the name of her mother. My brother is the child's father and he also has children with his wife. It's not a family secret or anything like that. What is the proper way to do this on our family tree?




Best answer:

Answer by Ted Pack
If you are using a genealogy program, like PAF (free) or Family Tree Maker ( and up) or Roots Magic () you can just add the lady in question and the child, without a marriage fact. If you are doing family group sheets with a pencil, you will have two, one for your brother and his wife and their children, one for your brother, the woman and their child.

I'd reccomend PAF. It (and all other genealogy programs) are to genealogy what "Word" is to writing a novel; they beat paper and pencil handsd down.

Go to
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
for the download. It is the Mormon's site.

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