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By appleshaw - Monday, February 28, 2011
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When you add a new spouse to an existing family the family line is extended and the new spouse seems to be added to the existing one (which unless this is a polygamous family gives the wrong impression) - see below
If you create the new spouse and then link, a full family line is created, see right hand version in diagram
Is it possible to create the new spouse using the standard method but draw the family lines as in the alternate method? I think this would also reduce the problems some users have with complicated family setups. There have been several requests for help which would be easier to resolve if the display was of the second variety
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By rdn - Monday, February 28, 2011
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I agree. The current setup misleads the viewer, and always requires a slight shift of the second spouse's lines. Why not do it as a default?
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By bogistad - Monday, February 28, 2011
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I also agree that this is a good idea but it would have to be implemented in conjunction with a solution to the problem of intersecting lines as per this post.
In the example above, attaching children to the first spouse would result in the pedigree link intersecting the second marriage line. So while solving the second spouse problem, it would confuse the pedigree links.
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By ccampos - Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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If we add new variables to the problem, like same sex marriages and childs adoption by them, we will have no clean representation and will need to move part of the genogram to other place using hyperlinks 
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By CranMalReign - Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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I'm pretty sure you're asking GenoPro to depict multiple spouses in a non-standard way by default. I think it's current default behavior is the standard for genograms , and is generally understood to not be concurrent marriages but subsequent.
I don't think the authors of the software invented this standard.
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By appleshaw - Thursday, March 3, 2011
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Not sure who set up this standard for genograms. As someone who was involved with engineering British Standards I know that they were continually reviewed and revised, based on users requirements or suggestions. As my interest is family history, which is not quite the same as genealogy, I may have a different view.
I use the vertical scale as a date scale as this shows people at the same date. Wherever I plot a second marriage I adjust the family line, which shows how long a gap there was between them.
With the standard display at present this means pulling the horizontal line down and then extending it to join the vertical line of the other spouse. This often requires a second join if there is a small gap between them.
If, with the creation of a second spouse , the family line joined them both, this would simplify things. If the genogram standard is that they should be at the same level, this could still remain but with the second line on top of the first.
A disadvantage here would be that if a family line is selected to add children they would become family of the second spouse. The answer is either to separate the family lines so it is explicit, or to use the second spouse (or first one) to start adding children. Subsequent additions will be to the correct line
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