Add an option ex-wife(husband) (widow(er))
10 comments
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Bjørn P. Brox Take a closer look the next time to edit the relastionship tab on a profile.
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Jānis Kaļinovs I did and options are:
husband
fiance
partner
ex-husband(divorced)
ex-partner
Is those options limited because I am Geni basic?
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Bjørn P. Brox The only limitation here is naturally: you don't get an option to mark someone as an ex-wife if that person is a man.
The status widower etc does also depende on the deceased/living status.
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Jānis Kaļinovs If wife had a husband an he is deceased, but she has married again, than there is no option of status widow?
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Bjørn P. Brox No, why should you?
His deceased status defined what he will be listed as to her.
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Jānis Kaļinovs Ok. I got your point. Thanks for clearing this stuff.
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Kathy Sue Knezovich Not so. My step mother was widowed before she married my dad. Even though her former husband is deceased, the system says they are divorced, which she NEVER divorced, and I do not want public record stating a falsehood. There needs to be an option for widowed. I do not want to remove a vital part of my tree, but IF it HAS to say they are divorced, when he died, I will be forced to remove them, and possible find a family tree site that allows for widow/widower.
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Jeff, Geni Curator That's because the relationship to her deceased husband is defined as an ex-spouse, which is incorrect. He was her spouse and he died. That doesn't make him an ex-spouse. An ex-spouse is someone you divorced. A widow is just a deceased spouse, not an ex-spouse.
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Ruth Jaskiewicz Caprow Yes, I have an issue with the "ex" status. In parenthesis the choice says (divorced). There is not a "widow" option. This is especially critical for genealogical purposes when a man or woman lost previous spouses through death, not divorce.
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Minette Capper Could Geni please add a field for widow or widower. I see quite a few people have asked for this. I am trying to do my tree properly, and have great grandparent who's spouse died, and he got married again. The only option s are ex-wife (divorced) or ex-husband (divorced), and ex-partner. They had never divorced. The wife died and he remarried.
Please note: I DO NOT wish to put divorced, as this makes the record inacurate. This is not a difficult request. Please add this asap