In any file where there are marriages between relatives, distant cousins for example, there are multiple links to the common ancestors of the cousins for all their descendants. One link is through the male and the other through the female. Now imagine that the common ancestors are the great grandparents of one member and the Grandparents of the other. Now one link has an extra generation. it is not an error just a fact of life when relative lines intermarry.
In my own file there are about 10 examples where 1st cousins married and a couple of cases where 2nd or 3rd cousins married. I am both nth cousin and (n+1)th cousin to the people on those lines. I am not sure if there are any where there is the kind of generational difference in your file but if all the links are legitimate then this double relationship is normal. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 07-May-13 6:50 PM, Nannette-Gmail wrote: > Rats...now I have to figure that one out! What in the world happened! Thanks > Jay1 and Brian...I checked the relationship and sure enough...there are two > links...haven't a clue what I did...I'll look again tomorrow morning when my > mind is clear! > > Nannette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian/Support [mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 4:18 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships > > Are there multiple links to those people from the starting person. In those > cases it is entirely possible that they are 8th Great Grandparents but on two > different paths. The second set are 8th Great GrParents on one path but also > 9th on the path you are following. Legacy always reports the shortest direct > line relationship so the 8th Gr GrParent shows even when you are on the path > where they are 9th. There should be a + sign beside their relationship above > the names, Click that to see the other path(s). > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
