How do I mark members of my family tree as siblings without deleting them and re-adding them?

Question

Ex: George Smith is married to Nora Reed. Bob Smith is married to Lea Tod. George and Bob are brothers, but I didn't know that when I put them in the family tree. They already have kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, etc. Can I show that they are brothers without deleting them and re-adding them? This is what I have had to do: Delete Bob. Add parents for George (you can't have siblings with no parents). Add Bob again as sibling of George (and re-type all of his information). Click on Lea, click "add partner/ex", then "partner with person already on tree" and re-connect to Bob. Is there a shortcut for this?

Answer 1

Add parents for first brother (in your case, George Smith) as normal.
Select second brother (Bob Smith); in sidebar click "Change or delete".
In sidebar, click "Change parents".
In sidebar, click "Choose new parents from tree".
You'll get a pulldown list for new mother and for new father; mother names are Current (not Maiden).
Scroll down/up to find the parents you want and select them.

Comments

Thank you very much! That is exactly what I needed.