Question

WikiTree only returns 3 relationships. Is there a limit to the # of relationships that can be found?

Comments

where are you seeing this?

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@Dennis, See my answer for an example.

Answer 1

There is probably a limit, but I think it would be much more than three. You are connected to Henry VII through his sister.

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Ah, Frank, that's one angle I didn't think of. Degrees of listings which are relationships

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I know I'm related (at least) 7 different ways to a certain person (about my age) in WikiTree.  I can't find a way to get WikiTree to show me all 7 connections (the endpoints are to 14 ancestors).  Am I doing something wrong?

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The connection finder and the relationship finder are two different tools.  For DNA research, you want the relationship finder as the connection finding brings in non-blood relations through marriage.

Answer 2

There is the relationship of PM (profile manager, full member) and Guest and Family member as well as Newcomer (inexperienced) and Oldster (experienced)

Other relationships are parent/child, step-parent and spousal, as well as sibling, half-sibling, step-sibling and so forth -- all these in their variations are connections by blood or by marriage

There are relationships which are hierarchical -- boss/employee, teacher/student, judge/lawyer, cop/criminal, owner/domestic pet, and so forth

Answer 3

If you mean Brad Cunningham, Richie Valens and Henry VIII, then yes.  The computation runs overnight and takes hours, so 3 is all you get.

Shorter chains, up to 10 links, can be searched for on demand, between any two profiles of your choice.

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You can also look up the connection between any two people under the "Display" section on WikiTree+.

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So then there are millions of 'relationships'/'connections'.

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I believe that this question is on Relationship finder, not Connection finder.

Answer 4

It would appear by experimentation that there is a limit and that only the 3 closest couples are shown.

For example, this relationship check shows 3 marriages: 

• https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Tiedeman-60&person2_name=Ausbrooks-42

All going through the father of Ausbrooks-45 in the above check. I see a new path that is more distant than the three shown for child Ausbrooks-45 that all go through their mother:

• https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Tiedeman-60&person2_name=Brackin-254

Note Ausbrooks-45 is protected, but when checking the system it only gives 3 paths, ignoring the fourth through the mother.

Comments

Yes.  This is the problem.  In this instance, there are other paths that never show up.

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The menu won't list Meshack Perdue and his wife as well as Eli Perdue because they're direct ancestors of Eli.

You have a pedigree collapse here, in that Meshack and his wife are ancestors of Ausbrook-45 on both sides.  The RF doesn't handle pedigree collapse very well.

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When requesting relationships between Ausbrooks-45 and Perdue-8, only one path is returned.  Ausbrook-45 has other pedigree paths to Perdue-8 through (1) Perdue-826, (2) Perdue-825, (3) Perdue-827, and (4) Perdue-1291.  Is there any way to tell WikiTree to search for more/longer pedigree relationships between 2 people?  My tree is so gnarly that I'm sure I'm missing connections to people that I haven't noticed and WikiTree is not finding.

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Between direct ancestors/descendants it only finds one route, usually one of the longest.