We have the same problem, I guess. I'm trying to fiure out how some people
who I know nothing about, but are apparently related to relatives of mine,
fit in. But there doesn't seem to be an automated way to do that. Sometimes
it takes a while to figure out that Bill Brown was the husband of my great
uncle's wife's cousin, or whatever.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link between individuals of a tree (no blood
relation)


> Yeah, I did that.  But it won't go past blood relation and marriage
(spouses
> of blood relations).
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Frandsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 8:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link between individuals of a tree (no blood
> relation)
>
>
> > Have you tried using the "Set Relationships" tool?
> > Sometimes that will sort things out.
> >
> > It gives me relationships such as "husband of second cousin once
removed".
> > But it doesn't give some  relationships such as "father of husband of
> first
> > cousin."
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 2:23 AM
> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Link between individuals of a tree (no blood
relation)
> >
> >
> > > Is there a way to find a link between individuals that are in the same
> > tree
> > > but don't have a blood relation?
> > >
> > > Example:
> > >
> > > Norris m. Smith
> > > sister of Smith m. Johnson
> > > son of Johnson m. Thompson, Thompson also m. Jones, Jones also m.
> Williams
> > >
> > > Now, I would have liked to have had Legacy show me the path from
Norris
> > (or
> > > a blood relative of) to Williams.
> > >
> > > I couldn't find a way, and ended up spending quite some time manually
> > making
> > > the connections (side branch from a cousin that was inadvertently
merged
> > > in).
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > >  Bruce Tennant



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