Step 9: Expanding the Tree:
Parents and Siblings

Adding Your Father

To enter information about your parents, click back to your family card. Let's begin with your father by choosing New Father from the Add pop-up menu (the green plus sign) that appears above your name.

The Edit Person window will appear waiting for you to enter your father's name, birth date, and whatever other details you desire in the Edit Person window. When you're done, click Save and you'll be looking at your father's family card which should now include your child button. Reunion has just made a new family card for your parents. Think of this new family card as a different immediate family.

Adding Your Mother

For your mother, choose New Spouse from the Add pop-up menu (the green plus sign) that appears above your father's name. Enter your mother's vitals and click Save.

Now your father and mother should appear together on their family card. When you click your child button (on your parents' family card), your family card should appear and their names should appear above your name, on your family card.

Adding Your Siblings

Click to navigate to your parents' family card. When you get there, enter their children (your natural or adopted brothers and sisters from this couple) by using the Add Children pop-up menu button (the blue plus sign) and following the same procedure as when you entered your own children.

Adding Your Spouse's Parents

When you finish adding your parents' natural and adopted children, click back to your family card and create a new card for your spouse's parents. Choose New Father from the Add pop-up menu (the green plus sign) that appears above your spouse's name.

Then add your spouse's mother and the children of your spouse's parents (your spouse's brothers and sisters, your in-laws).

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