No place to list parents as Dartmouth alumns on Dartmouth specific questions of common app?

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I am applying to Dartmouth, but for the Dartmouth specific questions on the common app, it asks if you’ve every had a grandparent, uncle or aunt attend Dartmouth.
I do have an uncle who went there, but my father went there too, and I think that would be more important. Do they not care about your parents or is there a spot to write that my dad went to Dartmouth that I am missing?
Thanks

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Common app lists your parental education and so they don’t need to collect that separately.

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Your uncle, grandparents do nothing for you at Dartmouth. The school only considers parents who received their AB from Dartmouth as legacies.

I agree with @texaspg , that you would put the information about your dad down in the parent education section of the CA

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Why is the question being asked then, Sybbie? Just to add to the school’s list of potential contributors if OP gets admitted? They’re not legacies, but, if it’s a “Dartmouth specific” question, I find it hard to believe that it’s meaningless – unless the administration has gone totally wacko. No disagreement with the answer as far as father is concerned.

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Don’t now why the question is being asked when Dartmouth specifically states the following:

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If that webpage hasn’t been updated in 6 years, maybe the policy on legacies has changed recently?

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If the policy has changed, I think the page would have been updated. Any changes to legacies would affect a lot of people. Since Dartmouth has a strong alumni giving rate, they would be proactive in letting legacies know about changes in their policies

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Okay thanks for your help!

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What about siblings currently enrolled? Are they considered legacy? Is there a place to put that where they will see it besides the “family page”?

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Siblings, whether currenly enrolled or already graduated do not make you a legacy

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@sybbie719, a Dartmouth Dean told my husband and me in July that being a sibling does matter if the sib applies ED. It has no impact on RD.

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Yes there are plenty of Dartmouth kids with Dartmouth sibs. My D is friends with a number of Dartmouth kids from her class along with their sibs from previous and later classes

However, the question being asked was:

Whole Dartmouth does care about siblings especially in the ED round, the answer still remains that having a sibling does not make you a legacy.