Relationship finder query

Question

Hi All,

A little confused over the way the relationship finder is working for me and hope you can advise

I'm 33 degrees from Windsor-1, but no connection can be found between me and Churchill-4, but Windsor-1 and Churchill-4 are 10 degrees from each other, so shouldn't I be 43 degrees from Churchill-4?

Thanks

Paula

Answer 1

Your relationship to Windsor-1 is in the Connection Finder, which traces a connection through blood relations and marriages. We are "connected" to a lot of people who aren't blood relatives.

The Relationship Finder only looks for blood relationships -- meaning that you have a common ancestor with the other person.

This means you can be connected to plenty of people, including Windsor-1 and Churchill-4, who you aren't related to.

For example: My own Connection Finder connection to Windsor-1 is a complex trail that depends heavily on the different marriages of people who had multiple spouses -- such as another wife of one of the multiple husbands of the Dutchess of the Windsor.

Comments

If you are 33 steps from Windsor-1 in Connection Finder and she is 10 steps from Churchill-4, then you would be no more than 43 steps from Churchill-4 in Connection Finder -- and you possibly could be closer than that through connections that don't go through Windsor-1.

Answer 2

The connections to Kevin Bacon and the Queen are traced by a big job that runs in the evening and takes hours.

You can also do an immediate search between any two people, but this will only go out to 10 steps.