How to find the relationship between people - Revision history

Patsyblefebre at 06:50, 1 November 2025

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Patsyblefebre: add-on > addon ( stick with one spelling )

2022-03-29T00:39:49Z

add-on > addon ( stick with one spelling )

Patsyblefebre at 00:58, 31 January 2022

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Bamaustin at 02:50, 5 January 2022

2022-01-05T02:50:34Z

Bamaustin: /* See also: */

2021-03-20T18:57:29Z

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CallMeDave at 04:56, 13 September 2020

2020-09-13T04:56:35Z

CallMeDave: /* See also: */

2020-09-13T04:54:01Z

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Bamaustin: /* See also: */

2020-03-05T05:14:14Z

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Bamaustin: /* Manually */ link to 'how to make a relationship chart'

2020-03-04T03:13:41Z

‎Manually: link to 'how to make a relationship chart'

Bamaustin: /* See also: */ link Genealogical Numbering Systems & 'Not Related'

2020-03-03T14:42:50Z

‎See also:: link Genealogical Numbering Systems & 'Not Related'

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-One of the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_FAQ#How_can_the_relationship_between_people_on_the_tree_be_determined.3F|Frequently Asked  Questions]] of new users of Gramps is whether there is a simple way to discover the relationship and degree of separation between two Persons?
+One of the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_FAQ#How_can_the_relationship_between_people_on_the_tree_be_determined.3F|Frequently Asked  Questions]] of new users of Gramps is whether there is a simple way to discover the relationship and degree of separation between two Persons?
 But the answer depends on which relationship is of interest. Some users are interested in only showing direct ancestor or descendant genetic relationships. Other users are also interested in collateral (cousins!) lines or immediate in-laws. And yet other users are interested in how the most indirect connections influence a community.
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 ===Relationship Calculator===
-[[File:RelationshipTo-dialog-RelationshipCalculator-Tool-example-50.png|right|thumb|450px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} "Relationship to '...' " - dialog - showing results for "Relationship Calculator" Tool]]You can make them the Active Person and then use the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools#Relationship_Calculator|Relationship calculator]] via the {{man menu|Tools &#x27a1; Utilities &#x27a1; Relationship Calculator...}} menu.
+[[File:RelationshipTo-dialog-RelationshipCalculator-Tool-example-50.png|right|thumb|450px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} "Relationship to '...' " - dialog - showing results for "Relationship Calculator" Tool]]You can make them the Active Person and then use the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools#Relationship_Calculator|Relationship calculator]] via the {{man menu|Tools &#x27a1; Utilities &#x27a1; Relationship Calculator...}} menu.
 This tool is interesting because it lists the relationship in conversational terms. 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."
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 Normally, you will have set yourself as the [[Gramps_Glossary#home_person|Home Person]]. That made Gramps describe records in terms of their relationship to you.
-But while having a conversation with someone, you will want to temporarily swap Gramps to reporting from '''''their''''' perspective instead. (I have a [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Navigation#Bookmarks|bookmark]] for myself to make it easier to 'find myself' and reset these ''temporary'' Home Person designations back to normal.)
+But while having a conversation with someone, you will want to temporarily swap Gramps to reporting from '''''their''''' perspective instead. (I have a [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Navigation#Bookmarks|bookmark]] for myself to make it easier to 'find myself' and reset these ''temporary'' Home Person designations back to normal.)
-Changing the perspective is typically done by [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Setting_Home_person|designating that 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.
+Changing the perspective is typically done by [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Setting_Home_person|designating that Person as the Home Person]] and [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Navigation#Setting_the_Active_Person|navigating the Active Person selection]] to the others as they pop up in discussion.
 Sometimes, the subject of the conversation will be an ancestor which you're mutually researching. So that ancestor would become the temporary Home Person.
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 ===The Status Bar:===
-ln the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display|display tab of the Preferences]], you can change the Status bar from the default of displaying the 'Active person's name and ID' to 'Relationship to home person'.
+ln the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display|display tab of the Preferences]], you can change the Status bar from the default of displaying the 'Active person's name and ID' to 'Relationship to home person'.
 ===Quick Views:===
-Open the '''Relation to Home Person''' [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Quick_Views|quick view]] from the Edit Person dialog.
+Open the '''Relation to Home Person''' [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Quick_Views|quick view]] from the Edit Person dialog.
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-(This Quick View needs exploration & documenting. [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Relation_to_Home_Person|The wiki section is only a 'stub']])
+(This Quick View needs exploration & documenting. [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Relation_to_Home_Person|The wiki section is only a 'stub']])
 {{man tip| 1=Explore a Quick View interactively |2=Quick Views are normally a static analysis snapshot invoked from a pop-up menu when editing a single record.
-You can use the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#Quick_View|Quick Views]] Gramplet to explore the '''Relation to Home Person''' Quick View interactively. This can accelerate learning its uses.
+You can use the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#Quick_View|Quick Views]] Gramplet to explore the '''Relation to Home Person''' Quick View interactively. This can accelerate learning its uses.
 After adding the Quick View Gramplet to the Person view sidebar, click the Configure... button, go to the Quick View tab, select '''Person''' from the View Type menu and '''Relation to Home Person''' from the Quick Views menu.
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 ===Gramplets:===
-[[File:DeepConnectionsGramplet.png|thumb|right|450px|Deep Connections Gramplet - example results]]The [[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections Gramplet]] is a [[{{Version manual}}_Addons|3rd party addon]] that shows 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.
+[[File:DeepConnectionsGramplet.png|thumb|right|450px|Deep Connections Gramplet - example results]]The [[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections Gramplet]] is a [[{{man version}}_Addons|3rd party addon]] that shows 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.
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 ==See also:==
-* The [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools#Not_Related|Not Related]] report (reports Persons not directly or indirectly connected to the Tree branch of the Active Person)
+* The [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools#Not_Related|Not Related]] report (reports Persons not directly or indirectly connected to the Tree branch of the Active Person)
 * [[Genealogical_Numbering_Systems|Genealogical Numbering Systems]] supported in Gramps
-* The '''[[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools#Relationship_Calculator|Relationship Calculator]]'''
+* The '''[[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools#Relationship_Calculator|Relationship Calculator]]'''
-* The '''Relationship to home person''' [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display|Display Preferences]] option for the Status bar
+* The '''Relationship to home person''' [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display|Display Preferences]] option for the Status bar
-* '''Relation to Home Person''' [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Quick_Views|quick view]].
+* '''Relation to Home Person''' [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Quick_Views|quick view]].
 * The '''[[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections]]''' gramplet: If this third party addon is installed, it will list the intervening generations through the sibling offspring of a common ancestor. (But it does not list the common ancestor or whether both persons are connected through the same spouse.) The Gramplet also details the indirect relationships.
 * [[Addon:NetworkChart|Network Chart]] Web report: If this third party addon is installed, and you use the Highlight preferences tab show only path(s) set to "Direct" option to show a direct path between the two individuals selected and display only that path if available.
-* [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Filters#Relationship_filters|Relationship path filters]]
+* [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Filters#Relationship_filters|Relationship path filters]]
-* [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Kinship_Report|Kinship report]]
+* [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Kinship_Report|Kinship report]]
 *based on the [https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/gramps-users/ Gramps-users] archived threads:

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 ===Gramplets:===
-[[File:DeepConnectionsGramplet.png|thumb|right|450px|Deep Connections Gramplet - example results]]The [[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections Gramplet]] is a [[{{Version manual}}_Addons|3rd party add-on]] that shows 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.
+[[File:DeepConnectionsGramplet.png|thumb|right|450px|Deep Connections Gramplet - example results]]The [[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections Gramplet]] is a [[{{Version manual}}_Addons|3rd party addon]] that shows 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.
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 * The '''Relationship to home person''' [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display|Display Preferences]] option for the Status bar
 * '''Relation to Home Person''' [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Quick_Views|quick view]].
-* The '''[[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections]]''' gramplet: If this third party add-on is installed, it will list the intervening generations through the sibling offspring of a common ancestor. (But it does not list the common ancestor or whether both persons are connected through the same spouse.) The Gramplet also details the indirect relationships.
+* The '''[[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections]]''' gramplet: If this third party addon is installed, it will list the intervening generations through the sibling offspring of a common ancestor. (But it does not list the common ancestor or whether both persons are connected through the same spouse.) The Gramplet also details the indirect relationships.
 * [[Addon:NetworkChart|Network Chart]] Web report: If this third party addon is installed, and you use the Highlight preferences tab show only path(s) set to "Direct" option to show a direct path between the two individuals selected and display only that path if available.
 * [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Filters#Relationship_filters|Relationship path filters]]

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 * '''Relation to Home Person''' [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Quick_Views|quick view]].
 * The '''[[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections]]''' gramplet: If this third party add-on is installed, it will list the intervening generations through the sibling offspring of a common ancestor. (But it does not list the common ancestor or whether both persons are connected through the same spouse.) The Gramplet also details the indirect relationships.
-* [[NetworkChart|Network Chart]] Web report: If this third party addon is installed, and you use the Highlight preferences tab show only path(s) set to "Direct" option to show a direct path between the two individuals selected and display only that path if available.
+* [[Addon:NetworkChart|Network Chart]] Web report: If this third party addon is installed, and you use the Highlight preferences tab show only path(s) set to "Direct" option to show a direct path between the two individuals selected and display only that path if available.
 * [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Filters#Relationship_filters|Relationship path filters]]
 * [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Kinship_Report|Kinship report]]

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 ===Gramplets:===
-[[File:DeepConnectionsGramplet.png|thumb|right|450px|Deep Connections Gramplet - example results]]The [[Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections Gramplet]] is a [[{{Version manual}}_Addons|3rd party add-on]] that shows 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.
+[[File:DeepConnectionsGramplet.png|thumb|right|450px|Deep Connections Gramplet - example results]]The [[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections Gramplet]] is a [[{{Version manual}}_Addons|3rd party add-on]] that shows 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.
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 * The '''Relationship to home person''' [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Display|Display Preferences]] option for the Status bar
 * '''Relation to Home Person''' [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_8#Quick_Views|quick view]].
-* The '''[[Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections]]''' gramplet: If this third party add-on is installed, it will list the intervening generations through the sibling offspring of a common ancestor. (But it does not list the common ancestor or whether both persons are connected through the same spouse.) The Gramplet also details the indirect relationships.
+* The '''[[Addon:Deep_Connections_Gramplet|Deep Connections]]''' gramplet: If this third party add-on is installed, it will list the intervening generations through the sibling offspring of a common ancestor. (But it does not list the common ancestor or whether both persons are connected through the same spouse.) The Gramplet also details the indirect relationships.
 * [[NetworkChart|Network Chart]] Web report: If this third party addon is installed, and you use the Highlight preferences tab show only path(s) set to "Direct" option to show a direct path between the two individuals selected and display only that path if available.
 * [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Filters#Relationship_filters|Relationship path filters]]

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	But the answer depends on which relationship is of interest. Some users are interested in only showing direct ancestor or descendant genetic relationships. Other users are also interested in collateral (cousins!) lines or immediate in-laws. And yet other users are interested in how the most indirect connections influence a community.		But the answer depends on which relationship is of interest. Some users are interested in only showing direct ancestor or descendant genetic relationships. Other users are also interested in collateral (cousins!) lines or immediate in-laws. And yet other users are interested in how the most indirect connections influence a community.

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	It can be done visually using a full family tree. (i.e. one that shows all the people rather than just descendant and ancestors) But it grows difficult when the size of the tree is very large.		It can be done visually using a full family tree. (i.e. one that shows all the people rather than just descendant and ancestors) But it grows difficult when the size of the tree is very large.
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		+	A visualization of the Tree may include some basic relationship data. There are a variety of charts available. See "[[Howto:_Make_a_relationship_chart\|How to make a relationship chart.]]"

	The objective is to find something like:		The objective is to find something like: