Should I redo bedrooms to have families together?

[Sven]

Several of my dwarves miss their families and children sad that they are separated. But when I try to make bedrooms with multiple beds, they become dormitories. Should I just assign the families to the dormitories.

[LastChime]

Idk if it's fixed in 50, haven't got that far yet but that moodlet is a bugger to cure.

Unless it's your initial 7 dwarves that sprung up from dorf seeds with the caravan, they don't seem to get it.

Typically on migrants that refers to relations living elsewhere that you can do sweet tweet about unfortunately.

Well maybe solo squad expedition to wherever their family lives but that just seems like a death sentence to the lonely dorf so I've never felt desperate or cruel enough to try it.

[Morkonan]

They should be sleeping in the same bedroom in the same bed.

"Separated from," from what I could find in a quick search, refers to someone they knew being kidnapped, most likely. That could have happened before they immigrated to your Fortress, too. Check the name and be very sure to check for the full name as dorfs can have the same surname.

If it's truly their own family members, wait for a bit. It may have been from when they were restricted to a Burrow, perhaps. Children don't often respond to a Burrow order and parents in them will try to reach them, but can't.

(Still learning those specific behavior mechanics, so just some ignorant suggestions. :))

[MadAsgardian]

Do you assign your bedrooms or leave them to be claimed? I only assign bedrooms for nobility, and some of my bedrooms (single bed) have been claimed by couples.

[kheftel]

Sometimes they're sad about missing family that's not even in your fortress and there's not much you can do about that

[McFuzz]

Originally posted by MadAsgardian:

Do you assign your bedrooms or leave them to be claimed? I only assign bedrooms for nobility, and some of my bedrooms (single bed) have been claimed by couples.

This btw.

But I'm fair sure assigning a single dwarf also assigns the spouse and children, though can't rightly recall.

[Sinclair]

Originally posted by Morkonan:

They should be sleeping in the same bedroom in the same bed.

"Separated from," from what I could find in a quick search, refers to someone they knew being kidnapped, most likely. That could have happened before they immigrated to your Fortress, too. Check the name and be very sure to check for the full name as dorfs can have the same surname.

If it's truly their own family members, wait for a bit. It may have been from when they were restricted to a Burrow, perhaps. Children don't often respond to a Burrow order and parents in them will try to reach them, but can't.

(Still learning those specific behavior mechanics, so just some ignorant suggestions. :))

It can also refer to them immigrating while the family stayed behind.

[Kyrah Abattoir]

I believe it might also be because there is too much work in your fort and they effectively don't have enough time to spend time with their relatives.