== Main Parents Family ==[[File:Gramps-family.png|right]] {{icon|fami}} The concept of '''main parents [[Gramps_Glossary#family|family]]''' is a useful organizational structure in Genealogy. It identifies which lines are the primary targets of research and reporting. In traditional [[Genealogy_Glossary#consanguinity|consanguinity]] families, there will only be one set of parents with kinship bonds of a biologically male father and therefore in mother. So that will be the main parents family. In [[Genealogy_Glossary#affinity|affinity]] blended families, the bond is by marriage or other relationship. This makes the main parents designation more ambiguous. It might be the adoptive or foster parents. Or research might focus on a family that has a step-parent. In Gramps , you can define designate one of the families that with which a person is affiliated to to be the main parents family for that person. Whenever Gramps has to decide which parents family is the most important for a person, for reports, etc, it will decide select based on this.  The designation is implicit rather than explicit. (As opposed to the multiple names feature where the user explicitly selects radio button to mark a 'primary' surname.) The main parents family is the first (topmost) family in the Relationship view in the parents family ordersection.  The order can be changed by using the [[file:Stock_reorder.png]]{{man button|Change order of parents families}} button to display the {{man label|[[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#Reorder_Relationships_dialog|Reorder button Relationships]]}} dialog in the Relationships Viewview. That dialog will allow you to reorder the families.