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Per discussion in FamilySearch/GEDCOM#346

Signed-off-by: Dave Thaler <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -95,6 +95,23 @@ At present, the best available tool is `INDI.FAMC.PEDI`, one for each family:

Because the nature of `BIRTH` is unclear (is it about the biological progenitors of the child or the social family unit into which it is born?) and a topic some researchers have strong feelings about, either or both of the above may be recorded `PEDI OTHER` instead of `PEDI BIRTH` by some researchers.

# How do I provide a source citaton for a parent-child relationship?

Neither the `FAMC` structure of an individual record nor the `CHIL` structure of a family record supports
having a `SOUR` citation as a substructure. Today applications often put the `SOUR` directly under the
individual record or the family record, where it lacks specificity in terms of which family or individual
it applies to.

To maintain specificity, the best place to put the `SOUR` citation today is under an `INDI.BIRT`
as in the following example:

```
0 @I1@ INDI
1 BIRT
2 SOUR @S2@
2 FAMC @F3@
```

# How do I mark a parent-child relationship as confidential?

The standard `RESN` tag is used to mark data confidential but it is not a substructure under the `FAM.FAMC` or `FAM.CHIL` tags. You can implement a custom extension tag, perhaps `_RESN`, and add a `SCHMA` entry to indicate the extension has the same meaning as `RESN`:
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