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= How do I add a child to a Person or Family? =
== Adding a child from the Relationship View ==
A child may be added to a family in several ways, depending on the context.
You may either add the Active Person as a child of a new family, or as the child of an existing family.
To add the Active Person as a child of a new family, select the {{man button|Add New Parents}} button from the toolbar (in older versions of GRAMPSGramps, this button was simply called ''Add''). This will bring up a new Edit Family form with the Active Person listed as a child. You can then add parents by selecting existing people from the database or by creating new people.
To add the Active Person as a child of an existing family, select the {{man button|Add Existing Parents}} button from the toolbar (in older versions of GRAMPSGramps, this button was simply called ''Share''). This will allow you to select an existing family, and adds the Active Person as a child of that family.
=== Adding a Person as a Child of the Active Person ===
You may add a child to a family in which the Active Person is a parent in one of two ways. If the family already exists, then it will appear in the {{man label|Family}} section of the display. Click on the {{man button|{{icon|stock_edit}} Edit}} icon, and the exiting family will be displayed in the Edit Family form.
If the family to which you want to add a child is not displayed, then you should select the {{man button|Add Partner}} button (in older versions of GRAMPSGramps, this button was simply called {{man label|Spouse}}). This will display an Edit Family form in which the Active Person is listed as either the father or the mother. At this point, you may add children and/or a spouse.
== Adding a child from the Family View ==
= How do I add twins/triplets/etc? =
When you look at the list of children in a family, those with the same birthdate birth-date are obviously twins. But if you don't know the birthdatebirth-date, or only know the year, you need some other way to indicate the relationship. You can do this by having them share a single birth event.
Take for example, the twins Thomas and Peter. When you create the Birth event for Thomas, make the {{man label|Description}} say "Birth of Thomas and Peter". Then add a reference to that same event to Peter's event list, either by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_and_drop drag and drop]'', or by using the {{man button|Share an existing event}} button. Set the {{man label|Role}} for that event for both people to "Primary".
Now when you view the event list for either Thomas or Peter, you will see the {{man label|Description}} reminding you that they are twins. And as you add details such as birth date to the birth event for either of them, those details will automatically display for the other as well.
= Adding other informations information =
== Adding an occupation or other special information ==
It is sometimes indicated in old documents that the person's activity was brewer, nails maker, woodchopper, etc. Edit the person's event or select the Attribute Tab. There add a new Attribute to add and select the wished information. Type what you want to add.
