By default, children are shown linked from their parents by a line that drops down from “marriage” symbol, if such symbol appears (also refer to “Folding or not folding spouses”).
If there is only one parent of a child included in the database, and that parent had no other spouses included, then the children are shown as descending directly from that person::
However, if the parent later married someone else, then the children are split out to descend from the relevant family.
If the status of Mary’s first family (i.e. that in which she had Jack, is set to “Never Married”, then Jack will be shown as descending from her, rather than an unknown first partner:
Also see the section on adding illegitimate children for how this can be achieved directly when adding a child.
Which children (by family group) that are tucked under one of their parents can be overridden from the “Person” tab of the “Chart Properties” panel, whilst editing a chart.
It may be preferred that Jack Fortune is shown descending from Mary Fortune, rather than from an unknown person. In edit chart mode, via the “Chart Properties” panel,, select the “Person” tab and find the “Tick kids under” text box. Click on the “…” button to the right of it. A dialog will appear that allows you to select which family or families to “tuck under”:
First, uncheck the “Automatic” checkbox, then click on which family groups should be tucked under. In this example, if we selected both families, all of the children would be tucked under Mary:
