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determining primary or prioritizing a relationship

lauratippetts1
lauratippetts1 ✭
March 14 edited March 14 in Family Tree

How does family search convey relationship if i am related to a person through multiple ancestors (such as on my moms or my dads side). is it systematic, is it doctrinal in determining a relationship?
Laura Tippetts
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  • Ashlee C.
    Ashlee C. ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 14

    @lauratippetts1 Mod note: Community is a public online forum. For your privacy, your question was edited to remove your contact information. Please see the Community Code of Conduct for more details.

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  • Gordon Collett
    Gordon Collett ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 14

    See: https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-does-the-relationship-viewer-determine-how-i-am-related-to-someone-in-family-tree

    Basically it finds the shortest possible path between you and the other person then stops checking for other relationships.

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