# How do i enter twins? **URL:** \ **Category:** RootsMagic\ **Tags:** question\ **Created:** [July 12, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937 "2023-07-12T00:03:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fredboekee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/fredboekee/32/2303_2.png) [@fredboekee](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/fredboekee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/1 "2023-07-12T00:03:49Z")
Is there an easy way to enter TWINS? I sure am having a hard time figuring it out! There should be a box to check if two siblings are born on the same day to show they are twins!! ---
**Author:** ![kfunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kfunk/32/68_2.png) [@kfunk](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kfunk)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/2 "2023-07-12T00:29:01Z")
> [@fredboekee](#): > > There should be a box to check Why should there be? You have two distinctly different individual, frequently of different genders. Twins should be entered just as you would any other two children. ---
**Author:** ![thejerrybryan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/thejerrybryan/32/404_2.png) [@thejerrybryan](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/thejerrybryan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/3 "2023-07-12T03:16:48Z")
I add a note to the respective birth facts. For John Doe, the birth note might say something like “He was the twin of Jane”. For Jane Doe, the birth note might say something like “She was the twin of John”. ---
**Author:** ![karleif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a183cd/32.png) [@karleif](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/karleif)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/4 "2023-07-12T05:21:42Z")
I write Twin. in the description field. If you want to do more of that, you could write Twin with …(name of the other). ---
**Author:** ![rzamor1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/rzamor1/32/8_2.png) [@rzamor1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rzamor1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/5 "2023-07-12T14:01:24Z")
I enabled the description field on the birth fact and added “as twin of xxx” in it. ---
**Author:** ![nkess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@nkess](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/nkess)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/6 "2023-07-12T15:07:17Z")
Beside all the suggestions above, I have included twin in their name Jane ( twin) Doe/ John ( twin ) Doe ---
**Author:** ![fredboekee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/fredboekee/32/2303_2.png) [@fredboekee](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/fredboekee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/7 "2023-07-12T15:15:39Z")
Thanks for all your responses. My goal is to be able to find twins easily. I have two brothers that are twins, and one of them has one set of twins, while the other has two sets of twins! 🙂 Again, I appreciate all your help! I’m still learning! Fred ---
**Author:** ![MKGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MKGT](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/MKGT)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/8 "2023-07-12T17:20:48Z")
You could create a “twin” group which would be easily retrievable ---
**Author:** ![fredboekee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/fredboekee/32/2303_2.png) [@fredboekee](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/fredboekee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/9 "2023-07-12T18:48:30Z")
Good idea! Thanks - I’ll do that! ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/10 "2023-07-13T16:03:46Z")
There are many scenarios about twins. Some times records will show confusing info if you did not know two were twins. Often in the early 1900’s only one survived birth. Some approaches will only work well within RM - shared facts (Custom) for example ---
**Author:** ![Terry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/terry/32/108_2.png) [@Terry](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Terry)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/11 "2023-07-13T16:14:44Z")
> [@nkess](#): > > I have included twin in their name Well each to their own of course but unless (twin) was actually a part of their name then I most certainly would not include this. I regard the name fields as being the place to put a person’s name - not to add notes or descriptors. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PatrickR](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/PatrickR)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/12 "2023-07-13T17:41:51Z")
A followup on the excellent idea of creating groups to identify twins. I occasionally create a new Fact for the purpose of being a marker. I use it to identify my French-Canadian ancestors who came over as “Marriageable Girls” (a specific type of immigration in New France), or the English ancestors who were part of the Puritan Migration; as reprehensible as the practice was, I have a fact to identify those five ancestors who owned slaves. I then created groups that picks up anyone who has that marker-fact. The same thing could be done with twins. It’s adding an extra step, but it allows me to be sure that the group has everyone identified with the marker, no matter how many times I may want to re-index the group. ---
**Author:** ![rzamor1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/rzamor1/32/8_2.png) [@rzamor1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rzamor1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/13 "2023-07-14T13:49:10Z")
Adding “Twin” to the name was a great option when genealogy was all on paper. In the computer age adding such descriptors will interfere with search results, merging, etc. ---
**Author:** ![mapleleaf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/mapleleaf/32/43_2.png) [@mapleleaf](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/mapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/14 "2023-07-15T18:11:52Z")
I put (twin) in the Suffix ---
**Author:** ![GailG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GailG](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/GailG)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/15 "2023-07-17T22:27:25Z")
I created a Twin Fact. I add it to one of the twins, and share it with the other person, selecting the “sibling” role. The sentence templates are: Principal: [Person] is a twin\< with [sibling]\>. Sibling: [ThisPerson] is a twin with [person]. ---
**Author:** ![elsner68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3e96dc/32.png) [@elsner68](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/elsner68)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/16 "2026-01-10T21:27:01Z")
Thanks that is what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/17 "2026-01-11T00:01:38Z")
> [@fredboekee](#): > > Is there an easy way to enter TWINS? @thejerrybryan awhile back suggested (I believe it was him) sharing birth fact between twins (or triplets) is a good way also. looks like this – you can even sort the birth order (If known ) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/2/23cd6f15f04da80151f79800ae90bb997af29c4c.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/1/155516dd3cfaef2bb654e2cfd197f7e4934e073e.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/a/aed7909dd5ebb814e7db802c50cdc2ad24281262.png) ---
**Author:** ![NellG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e79b87/32.png) [@NellG](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/NellG)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/18 "2026-01-11T00:04:30Z")
Just enter the name of the child and enter (twin). I have a set of twins in my family and it is what I did. ---
**Author:** ![thejerrybryan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/thejerrybryan/32/404_2.png) [@thejerrybryan](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/thejerrybryan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/19 "2026-01-11T00:17:59Z")
Actually, I don’t do anything grandiose for twins. I first enter them as if they were not twins. Each gets his or her own birth fact without sharing. I would be reluctant to use sharing for this purpose because the shares can be lost when RM data is shared with sites such as Ancestry and FamilySearch and some desktop apps. I then add a note to each birth fact, for Tom saying that he was the twin of Tim, and for Tim saying that he was the twin of Tom. The twins would typically have separate sources and citations for their respective birth facts. For example, they would have separate birth certificates that would not be used for each other. ---
**Author:** ![NellG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e79b87/32.png) [@NellG](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/NellG)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937/20 "2026-01-11T00:33:25Z")
Thank you Jerry. I do not generally share much information so it has not come up when using an online tree. I will remember this if I put the information online. [Next page](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-do-i-enter-twins/7937.md?page=2)