Mosaic needs specific information about how people are related in order to draw a genogram correctly. For blended families, there are some important things to understand about how step-parent relationships are recorded before you get started.
How step-parent relationships work in genograms
Mosaic can record a step-parent to step-child relationship, but this alone is not enough information for the genogram to display correctly. The genogram needs to know which parent to attach the step-parent to, as it draws the step-parent as a partner, or ex-partner of that parent.
For a step-parent to appear on a genogram correctly, they must be added as a partner of the relevant parent using a relationship type configured as a partner:partner type in reference data.
đNote: Mosaic is configured with a standard set of partner:partner relationship types. Your system administrator can make amendments and additions if required.
If the parent and step-parent are no longer in a relationship, you can add an end date to the relationship. This will show the relationship as ended in the genogram, but the step-parent will still appear.
Add a step-parent to a genogram
To display a step-parent correctly on a genogram, add them as a partner of the relevant parent rather than as a step-parent of the child, follow these simple steps:
Open the relevant parent's record.
Navigate to the relationships section and add the step-parent as a partner, selecting a partner:partner relationship type from the list.
If the relationship has ended, add an end date to the relationship record.
Open the genogram to confirm the step-parent is now displayed correctly.
â ď¸Important: Adding a step-parent directly to a step-child relationship will not display the step-parent on the genogram. The relationship must be recorded against the parent record using a partner:partner type.