Pat, I am not saying that the RC does not have a problem, although I have never found it, but are you certain that you have ghost marriages, or similar? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307
"Pat Hickin" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, Listers, > >I probably shouldn’t be spending my time or yours telling you about this -- >it’s just a > minor warning! But you may want to know that tho’ the Relationship >Calculator is a great tool, it’s not perfect! > >I recently used the Relationship Calculator (RC) to see how I was related >to “X”(b1809-d1884). The RC told me we were not related, that “X” was my >“3rd great-grandfather's wife's step nephew.” > >But since his grandmother was the sister of my 5x ggf, I knew we were >related. > >So I used the RC in steps: >1) to get “X” ‘s relationship to my 4x ggf (result: 1stCousin,1x removed), >2) to get “X” ‘s relationship to my 2xggm (result: 2C), and >3) to get “X” ‘s relationship to me (new result: 2C,4r). > >Actually it said “X” & I have “3 common ancestors”: >1) FNU McC__ & (wife) -- (result: 2C,4r) >2) FNU McC__ & (wife) -- (result: 2C,5r) >Note that 1) & 2) are the same as I’m descended from two different sons -- >lots of cousinly intermarriages) >3) “Not Related” - The Descriptive Link says he’s my “3rd >great-grandfather's wife's step nephew.” > >I think on the first try, the RC is supposed to come up with the closest >link --not the most remote!! > >Pat Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
