TMG2Ged to Ancestry.com - Godparents

[Carol Hornung]

Using GEDCOM from TMG2Ged ver 2 (Ancestry template), I just noticed that godchildren are listed as an actual son/daughter of the godparent(s) on Ancestry's profile page. I have read Help for TMG2Ged's Parent Labels section, but not sure what to modify.

 

Have tried both Parent Labels > Method: "Custom "FAM.CHIL" and "None" with the same result as above.

This godparent/child problem did not occur using the MyHeritage template.

               Thanks!        ~Carol in New Mexico

[John Cardinal]

Carol,

 

Are you using TMG's relationship tags to record godparents?

 

John Cardinal

 

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[Carol Hornung]

Godchild has Father-God and Mother-God tags linking to those two individuals (my parents). Each of the Godparents has a Dau-God tag connecting "Parent" and Child. In Ancestry, that Godchild is listed as an additional/actual child of my parents.

[John Cardinal]

Carol,

 

So, the answer is yes, you are using TMG's relationship tags to record godparents.

 

1. Are the godparent/godchild relationships primary?

 

2. In TMG to GEDCOM, in the Family section, is Primary Only checked or unchecked?

 

John Cardinal

 

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From: t2...@googlegroups.com <t2...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Carol Hornung
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Subject: Re: [T2G] TMG2Ged to Ancestry.com - Godparents

 

Godchild has Father-God and Mother-God tags linking to those two individuals (my parents). Each of the Godparents has a Dau-God tag connecting "Parent" and Child. In Ancestry, that Godchild is listed as an additional/actual child of my parents.

On Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 8:29:57 AM UTC-6 John Cardinal wrote:

Carol,

Are you using TMG's relationship tags to record godparents?

John Cardinal 

From: t2...@googlegroups.com <t2...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Carol Hornung

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Subject: [T2G] TMG2Ged to Ancestry.com - Godparents

[Carol Hornung]

<<Are the godparent/godchild relationships primary?>>  No, none of the "God-" tags are primary for G-parents or child.

<<In TMG to GEDCOM, in the Family section, is Primary Only checked or unchecked?>>  Primary Only is unchecked; Primary Tag Sequence is "Before non-primary (first)."

[John Cardinal]

Carol,

 

If I recall correctly, you should not include godparents added via TMG non-primary relationship tags when your target is Ancestry. I am not sure Ancestry handles any non-primary parent/child links, but it's a good guess that Ancestry won't handle godparents handled that way. When creating a GEDCOM file for Ancestry, you'll have to set "Family.Primary Only" to checked.

 

You can try leaving "Family.Primary Only" unchecked and changing the Primary Tag Sequence to "After non-primary (last)". I doubt that will work, but it's worth a try, I suppose.

 

As far as I know, many other programs do not support non-primary parents. Furthermore, I don't know any that support godparents the way TMG does where godparents may be recorded as if they were actual parents.

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