Depending on the save and I only have two that interest me at the moment. I create the family as a unit in CAS. My Cantrell family, for instance. After I used Erik for my Founder in the Pinstar Legacy Challenge in which you are required to play on Normal, I managed to complete the challenge, but felt as if I just didn't have enough time with Erik. So, I created his parents from the single Erik I made. From there I allowed the parents to have their children born in-game. After Erik became a Toddler, I took the family into cas.fulleditmode, aged him up a bit to make certain he looked like himself, with the notion I would delete the in-game born for the one I created originally and simply age him down to Toddler.
I played this game all the way to Get Famous and beyond. I even used the Road to Fame Professional Singer Career version until suddenly Erik couldn't perform a concert where once he could. I took my woes to Discord and learned after creating a new save and a new Sim that the mod was functioning just fine. In the long run, Erik was corrupted. So much for showing his musical genius was a part of him from the beginning. Now, I have created the family anew (and have used it for several restarts) as a complete family. I make the first four kids Teens and the youngest a Child.
Same with my Ancestral game save. I create both the Sevier and the Hawkins families so that the eldest from each household are Teens. Best way to tell a story is start as close to the end, as possible.
