This is Mom (2)'s main record: BC000 0 2 M 999 $VAR1 = { '3' => { 'CHILDREN' => [ { 'gender' => 'F', 'birth_year' => '51', 'ID' => 1 }, { 'ID' => 4, 'birth_year' => ' 50', 'gender' => 'M' }, { 'gender' => 'F', 'birth_year' => '47', 'ID' => 5 }, { 'birth_year' => undef, 'gender' => 'F', 'ID' => 6 }, { 'gender' => 'M', 'birth_year' => '', 'ID' => 7 }, { 'gender' => 'F', 'birth_year' => '42', 'ID' => 8 }, { 'ID' => 9, 'birth_year' => '39', 'gender' => 'F' }, { 'birth_year' => '35', 'gender' => 'F', 'ID' => 10 } ] }, '8' => { 'CHILDREN' => [ { 'ID' => 11, 'gender' => 'M', 'birth_year' => ' 11' }, { 'birth_year' => ' 9', 'gender' => 'F', 'ID' => 12 } ] }, '2' => { 'birth_year' => '' }, '36' => { 'CHILDREN' => [ { 'ID' => 3, 'gender' => 'F', 'birth_year' => ' 65' } ] } };