diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ec4f9a72..97cf05f52 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-11-16  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/DataViews/_RelationView.py: share parents button
+	* src/images/share-fam.png: share parents button
+	* src/gramps_main.py: share parents button
+
 2006-11-16  Alex Roitman  <shura@phy.ucsf.edu>
 	* src/Reorder.py: Import gettext.
 
diff --git a/src/DataViews/_RelationView.py b/src/DataViews/_RelationView.py
index b990bba10..c5d0fd8d6 100644
--- a/src/DataViews/_RelationView.py
+++ b/src/DataViews/_RelationView.py
@@ -111,14 +111,12 @@ class RelationshipView(PageView.PersonNavView):
             self, _('Relationships'), dbstate, uistate)
         
         dbstate.connect('database-changed', self.change_db)
-        #dbstate.connect('active-changed', self.redraw)
         self.show_siblings = Config.get(Config.FAMILY_SIBLINGS)
         self.show_details = Config.get(Config.FAMILY_DETAILS)
         self.connect_to_db(dbstate.db)
         self.redrawing = False
         self.use_shade = Config.get(Config.RELATION_SHADE)
         self.color = gtk.TextView().style.white
-        #self.color = gtk.Label().style.light[gtk.STATE_NORMAL]
         self.child = None
         Config.client.notify_add("/apps/gramps/preferences/relation-shade",
                                  self.shade_update)
@@ -254,6 +252,7 @@ class RelationshipView(PageView.PersonNavView):
             <menu action="EditMenu">
               <menuitem action="AddParents"/>
               <menuitem action="AddSpouse"/>
+              <menuitem action="ShareFamily"/>
               <menuitem action="ChangeOrder"/>
               <menuitem action="FilterEdit"/>
             </menu>
@@ -276,6 +275,7 @@ class RelationshipView(PageView.PersonNavView):
             </placeholder>
             <placeholder name="CommonEdit">
               <toolitem action="AddParents"/>
+              <toolitem action="ShareFamily"/>
               <toolitem action="AddSpouse"/>
               <toolitem action="ChangeOrder"/>
             </placeholder>
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ class RelationshipView(PageView.PersonNavView):
 	     _("Adds a new relationship"), self.add_spouse),
             ('AddParents', 'gramps-parents', _('Add Parents'), None ,
 	     _("Adds a new set of parents"), self.add_parents),
+            ('ShareFamily', 'gramps-sharefamily', _('Share Parents'), None ,
+	     _("Adds to an existing set of parents"), self.select_parents),
             ])
 
         self.add_action_group(self.order_action)
@@ -1054,6 +1056,26 @@ class RelationshipView(PageView.PersonNavView):
                     family,
                     child)
 
+    def select_parents(self, obj):
+        from Selectors import selector_factory
+        SelectFamily = selector_factory('Family')
+
+        phandle = self.dbstate.get_active_person().handle
+        person = self.dbstate.db.get_person_from_handle(phandle)
+        skip = set(person.get_family_handle_list())
+            
+        dialog = SelectFamily(self.dbstate, self.uistate, skip=skip)
+        family = dialog.run()
+
+        if family:
+            active_handle = self.dbstate.active.handle
+            child = self.dbstate.db.get_person_from_handle(active_handle)
+            
+            GrampsDb.add_child_to_family(
+                self.dbstate.db,
+                family,
+                child)
+
     def add_parents(self, obj):
         from Editors import EditFamily
         family = RelLib.Family()
diff --git a/src/gramps_main.py b/src/gramps_main.py
index 3e425cd66..225ff5428 100644
--- a/src/gramps_main.py
+++ b/src/gramps_main.py
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ else:
     parents_icon = "parents.svg"
     spouse_icon = "spouse.svg"
 
+sharefam_icon = "share-fam.png"
+
 def register_stock_icons ():
     items = [
         (os.path.join(const.image_dir, person_icon),
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ def register_stock_icons ():
          ('gramps-edit-bookmark',_('Edit bookmarks'),gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK,0,'')),
         (os.path.join(const.image_dir,'stock_insert-url.png'),
          ('gramps-url',_('URL'),gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK,0,'')),
+        (os.path.join(const.image_dir,'share-fam.png'),
+         ('gramps-sharefamily',_('Share Family'),gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK,0,'')),
         ]
     
     # Register our stock items
diff --git a/src/images/share-fam.png b/src/images/share-fam.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae7546588
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