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[BerenErchamion]

I thought it would be fun to keep track of my dwarves' "houses" and lineages, so I started up a database in my genealogy program for my current fort and entered the vital stats for all my dwarves into it.

One thing I noticed was that all the migrants were born on 1 Granite.  So I figure, OK, Young Mister Adams just didn't get around to creating individual birth dates when it creates migrants, no big deal; if this fortress lasts for a couple of generations (ha!) then since newborn dwarves all have actual birthdates, it'll all be good.

But then in my most recent wave of migrants, I had one dwarf who was born 16 Slate.

WTF?

[CognitiveDissonance]

I thought it would be fun to keep track of my dwarves' "houses" and lineages, so I started up a database in my genealogy program for my current fort and entered the vital stats for all my dwarves into it.

One thing I noticed was that all the migrants were born on 1 Granite.  So I figure, OK, Young Mister Adams just didn't get around to creating individual birth dates when it creates migrants, no big deal; if this fortress lasts for a couple of generations (ha!) then since newborn dwarves all have actual birthdates, it'll all be good.

But then in my most recent wave of migrants, I had one dwarf who was born 16 Slate.

WTF?

If I had to guess, the 1st of Granite are those generated at worldgen. The other dates are for dwarves born "naturally".

[BerenErchamion]

I would agree--after all, my dwarf babies all have real, unique birthdates of the day they actually popped out--but this particular migrant was born in 988, and I created a world with a 1050-year history, so I started in 1051--so this adult dwarf would also have been created at worldgen, since she was born before the game actually started, no?

[CognitiveDissonance]

My next guess it that dwarves with real birthddates are Major Historical Figures, and the ones that are 1st of Granite are the basic generated units.
Could also be your next favorite vampire intrepid cavern explorer

[Vgray]

Uh...I think he/she meant the handful of dwarves the game generates at the start of worldgen. Who then proceeded to breed normally. Migrants are always historical figures now I think.

[Bludulukus]

An interesting project, this genealogy thing. Sadly my fortress has 100 infants, rendering this task quite mind numbing.

[the1337doofus]

An interesting project, this genealogy thing. Sadly my fortress has 100 infants, rendering this task quite mind numbing.

 Arrange an "Accident" for all the mothers, involving a misplanned burrow and a drawbridge.  Should make it a bit easier on yourself.