A good reminder from a while back
Some families are a little bit complicated. And if one is not careful it can be easy to enter the incorrect relationships in our genealogical database. What I do in these situations is to map out the relationships on paper first in an attempt to get a broader view of the family and in an attempt to understand the relationships correctly. Once I think I have the relationships down, I begin my data entry. Wasting time “fixing” relationship mistakes is time I could spend doing actual research.
Another option is to put the individuals in your database, but not include any relationship data until you have it determined. Sometimes if we don’t enter information in when we find it, we are tempted to never enter it period.
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