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Second birthday on Contacts

I have contacts with a husband & wife on the same contact. Why can’t I put a second birthday on the contact? It always comes up in Chinese. It’s driving me nuts!!!

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Mar 30, 2020 5:13 PM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2020 5:27 PM

No, because the design of the Contacts (and just about every other similar app) is one entity per card. You can indicate on the card that Mary Smith is married to John Smith on the card and search for that. But each person only gets one birthday.

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Mar 30, 2020 5:27 PM in response to cherylfromkodiak

No, because the design of the Contacts (and just about every other similar app) is one entity per card. You can indicate on the card that Mary Smith is married to John Smith on the card and search for that. But each person only gets one birthday.

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Mar 30, 2020 5:24 PM in response to deggie

I’d rather have husband and wives as just one contact. Is that not possible?

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Mar 30, 2020 5:20 PM in response to cherylfromkodiak

Why can't they have two contacts? Then this would be no problem.

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Mar 30, 2020 5:27 PM in response to cherylfromkodiak

A contact is not meant to be for two people. If you want each person to have a birthday, you need each one to have their own contact.

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