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Import multiple NAME entries per individual?

Author	GenoPro does not recognize multiple NAME entries for an Individual in a GEDCOM file?
529537	Posted Monday, August 2, 2010 - Post #26251
Forum Newbie Customers GenoPro version: 2.5.4.1 Last Login: Sunday, May 7, 2017 Posts: 1, Visits: 5	This seems to be a similar problem as described in a previous post regarding multiple entries for Occupation and Residences. I am trying to import a GEDCOM file which has multiple NAME entries for certain individuals. These multiple NAME entries represent alternate spellings, name changes, etc. for a given individual. According to GEDCOM standard, the first NAME instance is to be treated as the "primary" name, and the others are therefore alternates of various types. These can be clarified with the TYPE identifier if desired. Unfortunately GenoPro seems to only be able to handle one NAME entry per Individual, even though there are fields for "Second Last Name", "Alternative Names", etc. GenoPro also only recognizes the last NAME entry, instead of the more logical first NAME entry. Is this expected behavior from GenoPro? Is there any way to fix this without having to manually edit the GEDCOM file, or go through all the imported individuals and manually re-enter the information? How are the "Second Last Name" and "Alternative Names" fields supposed to be populated from a GEDCOM file? Thanks, Brian