lib/gedcom/family_record.rb
#There should only ever be one husband record in a Family_record. If a women has
#multiple husbands, as some cultures do, then each should be in their own FAM record.
#The reasoning is that we are recording parentage, not marriages, so we want to be 
#able to uniquely identify which husband is the actual parent (not that we could be
#that certain in the case of polygamy). The term husband is also used loosely. It
#refers to the father of children, not necessarily a spouse. 
There should only ever be one husband record in a Family_record. If a women has
multiple husbands, as some cultures do, then each should be in their own FAM record.
The reasoning is that we are recording parentage, not marriages, so we want to be
able to uniquely identify which husband is the actual parent (not that we could be
that certain in the case of polygamy). The term husband is also used loosely. It
refers to the father of children, not necessarily a spouse.
There should only ever be one husband record in a Family_record . If a women has multiple husbands as some cultures do then each should be in their own FAM record . The reasoning is that we are recording parentage not marriages so we want to be able to uniquely identify which husband is the actual parent ( not that we could be that certain in the case of polygamy ) . The term husband is also used loosely . It refers to the father of children not necessarily a spouse .
def husband
    if @husband_ref != nil
      find(@husband_ref.first.index, @husband_ref.first.xref_value)
    else
      nil
    end
  end
def husband if @husband_ref != nil find ( @husband_ref . first . index , @husband_ref . first . xref_value ) else nil end end
There should only ever be one husband record in a Family_record.
There should only ever be one husband record in a Family_record .