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One person per line. Indent a name to make them a child of the line above. Join partners with +. Start a line with # to name a family, or // to write a note.

# Whitfield Family

// Type a name, then indent the children beneath it.
// Join partners with a +      Dates go in (brackets)      Details after a word and a colon
// A line starting with # names a separate family.

// To record ancestors, write each line as its own block and name the couple
// again where they meet. Both partners keep their own parents. Note the two
// sides are recorded to different depths — the tree still lines them up.
Albert Whitfield (1899-1968) + Edith Marsh (1902-1979)
  Thomas Whitfield (1925-2004) + Sarah Grey (1927-2011)
    Ben Whitfield

Michael Doyle (1903-1981) + Anne Kearns (1906-1990)
  Margaret Doyle

Ben Whitfield (1928-2011) + Margaret Doyle (1931-2019)
  Robert Whitfield (b. 1953) + Susan Clarke (b. 1955)
    Emma Whitfield (b. 1981) role: Architect
    James Whitfield (b. 1984) + Priya Raman (b. 1985)
      Anika Whitfield (b. 2014)
      Dev Whitfield (b. 2017)
  Helen Whitfield (b. 1957) + Thomas Ward (1954-2020)
    Lucy Ward (b. 1988) role: Veterinarian
    Owen Ward (b. 1990) note: emigrated to New Zealand

// Writing Ben's name again continues the same person. This is his second
// marriage, so Nathan is a half-brother to Robert and Helen.
Ben Whitfield + Eleanor Pike (b. 1940)
  Nathan Whitfield (b. 1968) + Grace Okafor (b. 1971)
    Simone Whitfield (b. 2001)

# Okafor Family

// A second family, kept entirely separate. Names do not carry across a #
// heading, so two families can each have their own John Smith.
Chidi Okafor (1938-2016) + Ngozi Eze (b. 1942)
  Grace Okafor (b. 1971)
  Daniel Okafor (b. 1974) + Ruth Mensah (b. 1976)
    Zara Okafor (b. 2005)

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Whitfield Family 23 people