Michele, Are you limiting the RC by setting the number of levels in the bottom left of its screen too low?
Jacob On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Michele Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > My dad and my stepmother are blood related (distantly but blood related). > They relationship calculator will only say that they are husband and wife. > > > > Michele > > > > > > From: Pat Hickin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 11:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Glitch in the Relationship Calculator > > > > 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 > > > > 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 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
