Siblings out of sequence It is best practice for children to be included in order of seniority, from left-to-right (you can sort them whilst adding children to the database). However, sometimes, it might be more visually pleasing to draw children out of sequence. This is usually only done if some had children of their own, and it is the children of the siblings that are causing extra width or wasted blank space.
To draw siblings out of sequence, make sure the family to which they belong is selected as the active family, then choose the “Family” tab of the “Chart Properties” panel, which appears when in chart editing mode, and then click on the “…” button to the right of the “Order of children” text box.
The “Select Children Order” dialog box will appear. You can use the arrows to change in which order the children will be drawn on this chart only.
Note: when siblings are drawn out of sequence, small numbers appear next to their names on the charts, which indicate that they are out of sequence.