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{{Languagesstub}}Yes, there are a number of way to determine the relationship between two Persons in the Tree.  You can make them the Active Person & then use the Relationship calculator.  This tool is interesting because it lists the relationship conversationally. That is, it says something like "Smith, John is the great grand uncle of Weaver, Susan. Their common ancestors are Smith, Mark and Carpenter, Mary."   However, the Relationship Calculator is also overwhelming because it lumps all the Relatives of the Active Person into an alphabetical list. So, you'll have to find a Person by name instead moving through a pedigree Tree. If the Tree is too big to keep a Pedigree snapshot in your head, you're in for some navigation awkwardness pain. You'll have to cross-reference the people you find in the Views while navigating the Tree in the List of the Relationship Calculator.  https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools#Relationship_Calculator   You may find it is more natural to assume your conversational subject will revolve around one person. You can put Gramps on the same conversational footing.  This is typically done by designating one Person as the Home Person and navigating the Active Person selection to the others as they pop up in discussion.    Normally, you will have set yourself as the Home Person. But while having a conversation with someone, you will want to temporarily swap Gramps to reporting from THEIR perspective by designating THEM as Home Person. (I have a Bookmark for myself to make it easier to 'find myself' & reset the Home designation back to normal.)  Sometimes, the subject of the conversation will be an ancestor you're mutually researching. So they would become the temporary Home Person.  Designating the Home Person: https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Setting_Home_person  Once you have set the Home Person, several options can show the Active Person's relationship to the Home Person:  The Status Bar: ln the display tab of the Preferences, you can change the Status bar from the default of displaying thr 'Active person's name and ID' to 'Relationship to home person'. https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display   Relation to Home Person quick view. (I haven't used this Quick View and the wiki section is a 'stub')   The Deep Connections Gramplet show indirect relationships but can be confusing for direct cousins... because the listing stops at siblings. It will not list the mutual ancestor(s). Most people want to know the shared ancestor and if you're descended from the same marriage.)  https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Deep_Connections_Gramplet   -Brian  On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 9:10, Peter Flynn <[email protected]> wrote: Is there a simple way to input two IDs for individuals and find out what their relationship and degree is?  It's not hard to do it visually on a full family tree (ie one that shows ALL the people, not just descendant and ancestors), but difficult when the size of the tree is very large.  "Yes, she's your ninth cousin seven times removed"  "He's your step-great-great-grandmother's niece-by-marriage's grandson"