Is there a prob and/or glitch with WT Relationship finder?

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Getting info on my 3g/g. Have found a cousin who is his 9th cousin 5 times removed, so this cousin's father would certainly not be my 3g/g's 14th cousin. This is what Relationship Finder is advising.
in WikiTree Help by Megan Woodward G2G6 Mach 8 (85.9k points)
recategorized by Dieter Lewerenz
Did you wait for 24hr+ after the connection was made? Relationships are calculated and updated once a day.
Yes Michel I did. Actually, I tried again the next day. It was the same, unfortunately.

Thanks for your comment
Hi Megan. Could you please let us know the WikiTree IDs of the two profiles for which the Relationship Finder gives the unexpected result?
Ok, will do...

My 3g/g is.....Cope-3038

His 9th cousin 5 times removed is....Windsor-1, her father is...Sachsen-Coburg_und_Gotha-4. Even though WT have used different descendants, I fail to see how one can be 14th cousin. One would of thought that the descendant (for the father) would of been the same as his daughter. Any help will be great.

Many thanks Jim

Thanks Megan! I hope an expert on this can now answer your question. I'm not very familiar with the Relationship Finder, but it may be a clue that with Cope-3038 and Windsor-1 the Finder states that the relationships occur in more than one way.

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I think the confusion arises because your 3g/g is related to both the parents of that cousin, with the closer relationship going through her mother.

Cope-3038 is the 9th cousin four times removed of Bowes-Lyon-5.

Cope-3038 is the 14th cousin twice removed of Sachsen-Coburg_und_Gotha-4.

So Cope-3038 is both the 9th cousin five times removed and also the 14th cousin three times removed of Windsor-1.

by Paul Masini G2G6 Pilot (469k points)
selected by Susan Laursen
Thanks Paul.  I was aware of both connections, but I just couldn’t get around the fact that they were so distant (regarding Sachsen-Coburg_und_Gotha-4).

Many thanks for everyone’s comments.

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