I have another Intellimerge to do, and one file has at least one pointer 
problem.  It manifests as a family file traversible only in one direction, i.e. 
in this instance traversal upstream deadheads unexpectedly, while traversal 
downstream from the eldest ancestor completes correctly.  From prior 
experience, I expect that this probably means duplication of a main line 
individual with the upstream pointer unlinked but the downstream pointer of the 
parent properly linked.  (Before someone suggests it, file repair doesn't seem 
to fix this.)  Four questions:

a)  Is there any convenient way of locating asymmetrical and/or missing file 
links in corrupt Legacy files?

b)  If I perform an Intellimerge with the bad file to the right, will the 
corrupt structure be discarded on completion, or propagate to the left?

c)  What causes this kind of file defect and/or data duplication?

d)  This problem seems to propagate through a gedcom export/import cycle, but 
could it be fixed easily when the file is in gedcom form?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts,

kb



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