SYNOPSIS

use Gedcom::Family;
my @rel = $f->husband;
my @rel = $f->wife;
my @rel = $f->parents;
my $nch = $f->number_of_children;
my @rel = $f->children;
my @rel = $f->boys;
my @rel = $f->girls;
$f->add_husband($i);
$f->add_wife($i);
$f->add_child($i);

DESCRIPTION

A selection of subroutines to handle families in a gedcom file.

Derived from Gedcom::Record.

HASH MEMBERS

None.

METHODS

None yet.

Individual functions

  my @rel = $f->husband;
  my @rel = $f->wife;
  my @rel = $f->parents;
  my @rel = $f->children;
  my @rel = $f->boys;
  my @rel = $f->girls;

Return a list of individuals from family $f.

Each function, even those with a singular name such as husband(), returns a list of individuals holding that relation in $f.

number_of_children

  my $nch = $f->number_of_children;

Return the number of children in the family, as specified or from counting.

Add functions

  $f->add_husband($i);
  $f->add_wife($i);
  $f->add_child($i);

Add the specified individual to the family in the appropriate position.

These functions also take care of the references from the individual back to the family, and are to be preferred to the low level addition functions which do not do this.