At the bottom of the profile, you could always look to see your degrees of separation, whether it be to Queen Elizabeth, A.J., Kevin Bacon or a host of rotating others. Earlier today, I noticed it wasn't there any more. A couple hours later, still true. That's how I always tell when I've successfully connected someone to the tree. I looked for maintenance announcements, but didn't find anything.
So: Is it maintenance and it will return in awhile? Has this feature been relocated somewhere and I don't where to look? Surely, we've not discontinued this entirely? How are we supposed to know when a connection is made?
The marked profile is where I was when I became sure there was a problem. My own profile isn't connected any more either.