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This is typically done by [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Setting_Home_person|designating one Person Normally, you will have set yourself as the Home Person]] and [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_NavigationGramps_Glossary#Setting_the_Active_Personhome_person|navigating the Active Home Person selection]] . That made Gramps describe records in terms of their relationship to the others as they pop up in discussionyou.
===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 Personinstead. (I have a Bookmark [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Navigation#Bookmarks|bookmark]] for myself to make it easier to 'find myself' & reset the these temporary Home designation 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.
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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 & then use the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Tools#Relationship_Calculator|Relationship calculator]] via the {{man menu|Tools->➡ Utilities->➡ 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."
You'll have to cross-reference the people you find in the Views while navigating the Tree in the List of the Relationship Calculator.
===As related to the Home Person===
You might find it is more natural to assume your conversational subject will revolve around one person. You can put Gramps on the same conversational footing.
Sometimes, the subject of the conversation will be an ancestor ehich you're mutually researching. So they that ancestor would become the temporary Home Person.
Once you have set the Home Person, several options can show the Active Person's relationship to the Home Person:
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'.
===Quick Views:===
Relation to Home Person quick view.
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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.
==See also:==