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From: Fridrik Skulason <>
Subject: Re: [Ethics] Privacy
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 11:02:04 +0000
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> I don't know which program you use, but Family Tree Maker has the option to
> use the "?" for gender.

Well, I use a custom-written Oracle database ;-) I do have a few "genderless"
individuals, but they are all children in the 18th century or earlier, where
nothing is known about them other than the fact that a child was born to a
particular couple.

Actually my solution was simply to list the "gender at birth", and leavi it at
that - this was actually easy to justify for me, due to some peculiarities of
the Icelandic language.

-frisk

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