diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index ad4b33e39..a949a2ed5 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-10-14  Julio Sanchez  <jsanchez@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* src/ChooseParents.py: give unknown sex to the new parent, so that
+	guessing works
+
 2005-10-13  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* various: add explict calls to garbage collection
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/ChooseParents.py b/gramps2/src/ChooseParents.py
index e04b12475..3daef0959 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/ChooseParents.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/ChooseParents.py
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ class ChooseParents:
         class to create a new person."""
         
         person = RelLib.Person()
-        person.set_gender(RelLib.Person.MALE)
+        person.set_gender(RelLib.Person.UNKNOWN)
         
         try:
             import EditPerson