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# Family View

The Family View window displays the spouses, parents, and children of the active person. At any time, you can return to this view either by pressing the Family button at the top of the screen, or by choosing the View->Family View entry from the menus.

Figure 13. Family View

In the Family View, the family information related to the active person is displayed. This information falls into two categories: families in which the person is a child, and families in which the person is a spouse or parent.

## Relationships to Parents

On the right hand side of the window displays the parents of the active person. By default, a birth relationship is assumed. `GRAMPS` supports multiple family relationships for each person. For example, a person may have natural birth parents and adopted parents. In this case, an option menu will appear below the parents names, allowing you to choose which set of parents you wish to view.

Pressing the Add/Edit Parents allows you to choose the active person's parents and specify the person's relationship to the parents.

Pressing the Delete Parents does not remove the parents from the database, but instead deletes the relationship between the active person and the currently displayed parents.

To right of the names of the parents are two "arrow" buttons. Selecting the button next to the father changes the father to the active person, and displays the fathers information in the Family View window. Similarly, selecting the button next to the mother changes the mother to the active person.

To the left of the parents' names are buttons indicating the relationship to the active person. These are typically labeled "Father" and "Mother", but in some cases may simply be labeled "Parent". Pressing one of these buttons will display the Edit Person for the corresponding person.

## Marriage/Relationship Information

On the left side of the window, below the active person's name, is the information related to the person's marriages and relationships. If the person has one or no relationships, the spouse will appear within a non-editable text box. If more than one relationship exists, the text box will be replaced with an option menu that allows you to select the relationship to view.

Between the active person and the relationship information is a button with two arrows. Pressing this button will exchange the active person and spouse on the display. The currently displayed spouse will become the active person, and the family information on the right hand side of the screen will change to reflect this.

Pressing the Spouse next to the spouse's name will display the currently displayed spouse's information in an Edit Person dialog, allowing you change the information

Pressing the Add located below the entry for the spouse's name allows a new relationship to be added. This gives you the opportunity to select and existing person or to add a new person as the new spouse. The type of relationship can also be specified. All relationship types, except "Partners" require that the spouses be of opposite sex. The "Partners" relationship type requires that the spouses be of the same sex.

Pressing the Edit button allows you to edit the information related to the marriage. The information includes events, attributes, and images.

The Remove button removes the current spouse from the relationship. If no children exist in the relationship, the entire relationship is removed. If children exist in the relationship, the current spouse is removed, and the children remain in a family with the active person as the only parent.

## Children of a Relationship

The bottom of the window contains the list of children related to the active person and the currently selected spouse. Clicking on an entry in the list makes that child the active child.

Clicking the Add New Child creates a new child and adds him or her as a child of the current relationship. Clicking the Add Existing Child allows you to select an existing person and assign the person as a child of the current relationship. Clicking the Remove Child removes the active child from the current relationship, but does not delete the person from the database.

Double clicking on an entry in the list brings up the Edit Person dialog for the child.

You are able to make the selected child the active person by clicking the arrow button next to the child list. The highlighted child in the child list becomes the active person.

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