Hi Valerie, I offer you these revisions only as a possible suggestion. Thanks for the work you guys do! Susan Would this be acceptable separating lines with an asterisk and bracketing progeny? * * * [family tree chart] Clair & Joseph O'Donnell [three children: Mary, Patrick, & Catherine] * Hugh O'Donnell & Mary O'Donnell [one child: Helen O'Donnell] Helen O'Donnell & Ian McGrady [two children: Jason McGrady & Kate McGrady] Susan Calhoun & Jason McGrady [two children: Jennie McGrady & Nick McGrady] Kate McGrady & Kevin Calhoun [two children: Lisa Calhoun & Kurt Calhoun] * Patrick O'Donnell & Gwendolyn O'Neil [two children: Clair O'Donnell & Richard O'Donnell] * Catherine O'Donnell & Kenneth Keegan [one child: Richard Keegan] Anne Callahan & Richard Keegan [one child: Thomas Keegan] Thomas Keegan & Bridget Sween [two children: Sean Keegan & Shelagh Keegan] * * * Thanks! Valerie