Note to the numbers in brackets " [ ] "
The All-in-One Tree can be large and very, depending on the size of your Family File. When you create a tree that represents the many complex interconnections between all of the individuals in your database, there may be some special cases that seem confusing at first glance. For example, how does Family Tree Maker represent intermarriages, and what happens to the unrelated individuals? Family Tree Maker can accommodate many of these special relationships, but its methods may not be immediately obvious. The following descriptions will help clarify some of these situations and help you better understand the tree you created.
Intermarriages
Each individual that appears more than once in a tree due to an intermarriage will have a bracketed number next to their name. An intermarriage creates more than one relationship between two people. For example, suppose two cousins are married and you're generating a tree starting with their common grandparents. The couple will appear on both sides of the tree — once in the wife's side of the family and once in the husband's. The numbers tell you that [1] John Wilson is the same as [1] John Wilson. If you see a John Wilson on the same tree that doesn't have [1] before his name, he is not the same person. If several individuals appear more than once in a tree, the first set of duplicates will be assigned [1], the second will be assigned [2], and so on. Lower numbers indicate that the person is closer to the intermarriage (or fewer generations away).