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On of the common question of new users of Gramps is whether there is a simple way to disvover the relationship and degree of separation between two Persons?
As with many operations in Gramps, there are many ways to do this.
===Manually===
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It's not hard to do it visually on a full family tree (ie one that shows ALL the people rather than just descendant and ancestors), but difficult when the size of the tree is very large.
Yes, there are a number of way to determine the relationship between two Persons in the Tree.
===Relationship Calculator===
You can make them the Active Person & then use the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools#Relationship_Calculator|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 can 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.
This is typically done by [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Setting_Home_person|designating one Person as the Home Person]] and [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Navigation#Setting_the_Active_Person|navigating the Active Person selection]] to the others as they pop up in discussion.
===As related to the Home Person===
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.)
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