Father and mother not married. How do I add them?

Question

In researching Ingeborg Iverson, her father was married already with a large family. Apparently, according to Family Search.org, Ingeborg is illegitimate. How do I handle this in Wiki Tree please?

Answer 1

It is no problem to add both parents, yet not show them as spouses.  It would be useful to include information on Ingeborg's profile as to why.

Answer 2

You connect them as father and mother to Ingeborg, but not as spouses to one another. There is no need to 'marry' the parents for propriety's sake. You can explain in Ingeborg's biography if you wish, for example, "She was born from an extramarital relationship between So-and-So and So-and-So."

Comments

If you are adding the 'father', as an example, by putting his ID at the top of the Add parent screen, do NOT select the GO button.  Scroll down the page because there will be a checkbox next to the 'mother' or 'his spouse' to state that they were married.  If you select the GO, the system will add the 'mother' as a spouse, as if they are married, which you don't want.  If that happens, you can just go into one of their profiles, select add/remove spouse, scroll to the bottom of the page and select the one that you want to remove.