# Wrong parents showing in connection

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/wrong-parents-showing-in-connection/915>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [October 4, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/wrong-parents-showing-in-connection/915 "2021-10-04T17:40:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![LorineTaylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@LorineTaylor](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/LorineTaylor)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/wrong-parents-showing-in-connection/915/1 "2021-10-04T17:40:46Z")

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My great-grandmother’s parents are showing as her foster parents. How do I get her birth parents to show in the pedigree view?

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**Author:** ![alainemk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@alainemk](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/alainemk)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/wrong-parents-showing-in-connection/915/2 "2021-10-04T18:06:21Z")

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Lorine, on the People Side View, under your great-grandmother are 3 tabs, details, parents, and spouses. Click on parents , then on the parents you want to show in the pedigree (or any other) view.

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**Author:** ![LorineTaylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@LorineTaylor](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/LorineTaylor)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/wrong-parents-showing-in-connection/915/3 "2021-10-04T23:29:35Z")

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I see the 3 tabs, but I don’t see how to choose which parents to show in the pedigree or other views. If I click on one of the parents, it just takes me to that person.

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**Author:** ![alainemk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@alainemk](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/alainemk)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/wrong-parents-showing-in-connection/915/4 "2021-10-04T23:41:14Z")

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Once chosen you can to back to your great-grandmother and that will be the parents that show in all views. Unfortunately, there is no way to mark a set of parents as primary, but they will stay “on top” until you choose the other set.

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**Author:** ![LorineTaylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@LorineTaylor](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/LorineTaylor)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/wrong-parents-showing-in-connection/915/5 "2021-10-05T00:04:23Z")

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It isn’t working. I may need to unlink her from the foster parents & then see if re-adding them helps

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**Author:** ![Historyscape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@Historyscape](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Historyscape)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/wrong-parents-showing-in-connection/915/6 "2021-10-08T20:52:37Z")

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I’m having the same problem. In my case there is no known birth father which may compound the problem?

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**Author:** ![Historyscape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@Historyscape](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Historyscape)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/wrong-parents-showing-in-connection/915/7 "2021-10-28T07:04:27Z")

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I’ve finally managed to fix this I think. If you swap the parents in the Family View it then sticks in the Pedigree View - at least so far!