how to place children with correct father

Question

William Joseph Wade 1790 Wade-2256 (wife Mary Kimble) is not the same as William Wade 1795-1878  + Elizabeth Taylor 1798-1880.  Taylor-79613

The first couple had children: 

1. Wenman Wade, 1818-1891
2. Elizabeth Wade, 1820-
3. William Wade Jr, 1825-1915
4. Rebecca Phoebe Wade, 1828-1914
5. Mary Wade, 1834-1921
6. Christina Wade,1839-1905

The second couple had Children

1. Thomas Sewell Wade 1822-1898

2. James Benjamin Franklin Wade 1825-1863

3. John William Wade 1829-1900

4. Eliza Ann Wade 1832 - 1914

5. Urania Wade 1834-1903

6. Edward Hampton Wade 1836-1918

NOT Wenman Wade!

I don't know how fix this.

Answer 1

Edit the person that was married multiple times. You will see their spouse and below there is a action item "add spouse" click it add the other spouse. You will be asked after creating or linking to existing person marriage information, then add the new child to this spouse or if children are already connected you will be asked if they are children of the new spouse. If so they will be moved. Half siblings will only be seen together when editing the common parent. See an example: WikiTree contributors, "Pearl Elizabeth (Wendlick) Spear (1903-1988)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wendlick-4 : accessed 29 February 2024).

Comments

Sorry I misread your "question" and answered a totally different issue, which is creating or connecting children to different couples with a common parent. I now see that you have two DIFFERENT William Wade.

So your statements appear to be fine the two William Wade are different people and only the first one has a child Wenman Wade. So what is there to fix?

Looking at the tree [[Wade-2256|William Wade (1790-1878)]] has child [[Wade-2255|Wenman Wade (1818-abt.1891)]],  but not all the children in the biography. The other childern just need to be created. While [[Wade-14922|William Wade (1795-1875)]] doesn't have any children. So they just need to be created. I don't understand why there is any confusion or attempt to associate between these two different William Wade. I don't see where any changes have been made.

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I should clarify my statement that the "half siblings only are seen when editing the common parent" I should have said the the tree apps view only shows the children for the displayed couple. Half siblings are listed in the person profiles and labeled as "half". And the children are listed in their biological parent's profile.

I don't know how we are suppose to enter an adoptee, which is associated with a couple and not a particular "parent". If another marriage occurs should the adopted child follow legal custody?