Part three of our cycle relationship tutorial deals with another possibility to cope with “pedigree collapses”.

Today: Mark two profiles as partners

The most frequent reason for a cycle relationship is a partnership or marriage within the family tree. This would be the case when two cousins marry.

In our example, Patricia and Jim Jameson are to be marked as partners.

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To add a cycle, click on the icon in the lower right hand corner of your family tree:

 Then you choose the two profiles by clicking on them. The popup window suggests the possible cycles and you choose “Person 1 is the Husband of Person 2“. When you click on “Save” the two persons will be marked as married. In the profile, you can change the status to “Partner, Ex-Husband…“, of course.

After saving, the tree looks as follows from “Jim Jameson’s” point of view:

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 Both persons are displayed as partners and the profile that appears twice from this point of view, “Patricia Jameson“, has a grey node to indicate the cycle.