Charts — Step Family Detail

Charts — Step Family Detail

When a spouse has other partners, you can control how much of the step-family is shown on the chart.

Select the person in editing mode, go to the Person tab of the Chart Properties panel, and use the Step Families drop-down:

OptionEffect
DefaultShows spouses and their children
ExcludeThe step-family is completely hidden
SpousesShows the other spouses but not their children
Spouses & KidsSame as Default — shows everything
Folding a widow/remarried note

For a neater presentation, you can fold a step-spouse into the main spouse’s entry as a "widow of" or "remarried to" note. Select the spouse, go to the Person tab, and use the button next to Fold wid/remarried to choose which family to fold.

Step-spouse folded as "widow of"