Proposal to indicate gender in 'Family' and 'Narrative' reports

[Matjaz]

Hi,

A person's gender is not always clear from the person's name or other description. So, for example, there are names in various languages that can be both male and female (e.g. Alexis in English), similarly the English words 'born', 'died' etc. in the description are not gender specific (while they are in French). Would it be possible to indicate the person's gender in 'Family descent lineage' and 'Narrative lineage of ascendants or descendants' reports? May be by the addition of (M), (F) or (U) after the person's name in children's list ('Narrative' report) and by the addition of (M), (F), (U) or symbol for gender in 'Family' report.

Regards,

Matjaž

[Zurga]

I have added a gender option in the 'Family descent lineage' report. (Use a font able to display all unicode characters to have the correct gender symbol displayed).

I'm not convinced that it is useful in the narrative report.
I know, I have probably some retrograde ideas about what should be this narrative report.

Zurga

[Matjaz]

Thank you for adding this option in the 'Family descent lineage' report.

I can't test this yet, as I'm currently still on version 12. When I started using Ancestris, I had a problem with the default font (I think Sans Serif) not able to display all characters in my language. I got then Ancestris' recommendation to use Alef instead. Given these restrictions with the font, I'm not sure if it will be always possible to choose a font that will display characters in specific language and symbols for gender at the same time. (I just checked: Alef currently displays gender in 'Family tree' so I suppose I will be fine.)

May be adding gender indication in the children's list in the 'Narrative report' is not so indespensable, but it would certainly add useful information to the names in the list. Although a gender is visible in the entry for the child, one can see this information only in the other place in the report. Until then, one have to wonder in some cases (this varies with languages) about the gender of the child.

Regards,

Matjaž