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michelesalvador / FamilyGem

Android app for genealogical trees
https://www.familygem.app
GNU General Public License v3.0
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More than marriage #37

Closed michelesalvador closed 2 years ago

michelesalvador commented 3 years ago

It seems that the only possible relationship between two partners is the marrige, assuming them inside the roles of husband and wife. As many people know that's not always the case. It would be nice to can choose other types of relationship.

michelesalvador commented 3 years ago

This is due to the setting of the GEDCOM standard, which Family Gem is based on. Per the standard a marriage or an engagement events are expected inside a family, and not much more. And moreover the roles of husband and wife are rigidly set.

But there is a loophole I could exploit for Family Gem. Following the GEDCOM 5.5.5 specifications, it's possible to add a TYPE inside the MARR (marriage) tag, and write whatever in it: e.g. not married, partnership, living together or what else. Like this the "marriage" itself could change its nature in other types of relationship.

Consequently above the person's name, besides Husband / Wife / Spouse, could automatically appear something else, depending on the relationship type, e.g. Partner, Boyfriend / Girlfriend...

michelesalvador commented 2 years ago

This has been added in version 0.8. Every relationship is basically between generic partners. The partners are displayed as Husband and Wife only by adding inside the family a Marriage event (with or without the Type marriage, civil, religious or common law).