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--- about:numbering [2026/09/08 04:10] – bethanybouchard
+++ about:numbering [2026/09/08 04:17] (current) – bethanybouchard
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 The Gruner Archive uses a neutral generational numbering system rather than relationship terms such as “grandparents” or “great-grandparents.” This allows the archive to be used consistently by family members from different branches and generations.
-The pages are organized in a hierarchical family-group numbering system inspired by Ahnentafel numbering.
+The pages are organized in a hierarchical family-group numbering system inspired by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnentafel|Ahnentafel numbering]].
 Each core family is assigned a number in the form **Generation.Family**, such as **2.1** or **3.4**.
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 For any family numbered **G.N**, its two parent families in the previous historical generation are numbered:
-**(G+1).(2N−1)** — the paternal line
+^ The Paternal Line      ^ The Maternal Line       ^
-**(G+1).(2N)** — the maternal line
+| (**G**+1).(2**N**−1)    | (**G**+1).(2**N**)     |
-For example, the parent families of **2.2** are:
+===== Example =====
-  * **3.3** — the paternal family of the person represented in 2.2
-  * **3.4** — the maternal family of the person represented in 2.2
-This structure allows readers to identify not only which ancestral family groups are connected, but also whether each group belongs to the paternal or maternal line.
+For example, if 2.2 represents the maternal family connected to 1.1, then:
+  * 3.3 is the paternal family of the maternal person represented in 2.2
+  * 3.4 is the maternal family of the maternal person represented in 2.2
+Likewise, if 2.1 represents the paternal family connected to 1.1, then:
+  * 3.1 is the paternal family of the paternal person represented in 2.1
+  * 3.2 is the maternal family of the paternal person represented in 2.1
+This pattern continues consistently through each generation.
+===== Summary =====
+Odd-numbered family groups represent the paternal line of the connecting person, while even-numbered family groups represent that person’s maternal line.
+Because the numbering is hierarchical, readers can use a family number to determine both where that family sits within the archive and how it connects to the generations that follow.
-The system is designed to remain consistent regardless of the reader’s own relationship to the people documented in the archive.