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If a person goes by their middle name, is there a way to force this to be the name listed on the tree?

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I have several relatives in my family who go by their middle name.  Is there a way to force the middle name to be listed on the tree?  For now I have just put the middle name as the first name and noted in the Biography section the correct order of the names.  Should I put the Middle name as the Nickname - will this show up in the tree?
asked Jan 10, 2023 by ccienska (120 points)

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I think you want to be accurate in case anyone uses your tree for research in the years to come. So I don't recommend just putting the middle name in the name field. You have great control over how the names appear by clicking on the "Show Options" link at the bottom of the screen.

My solution to exactly this problem is to enter the names in the name field like this: first middle "middle". But I started doing that before there was an explicit nickname field. As it turns out, this is exactly how the new nickname field is displayed. So a cleaner solution for you might be to put first and middle in the name field and middle in the nickname field. Then you can decide which to display.
answered Jan 18, 2023 by lsommerer (44,280 points)
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