Easy as pie: Highlight one of the people you want to connect in the tree view. Click on Reports/relationship chart (at the bottom of the list). Choose other person. Click on create, and there you are. As far as I know it will only give you the shortest path. If there is more than one descent FO won't tell you that. I wish it would. Out of curiosity, who is the gateway ancestor (the immigrant) who connects your wife to Edward I? JSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infi.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 2:36 PM Subject: [FO] How dooya dooit??? > Is there a way in FO 9.02 of printing out a direct line to a specific > ancestor of an individual? For example, taking a specific person and > printing out (or at least displaying on the monitor) each person between > him and his 11th great grandfather? > > I have a very large database given to me on my wife's line that shows one > of my her ancestors to be the 11th great grandson of King Edward I of > England, and I have gone through the maze one trail at a time and have yet > to find the right path, but it is there. According to the relationship > calculator, this ancestor is the 11th great grandson and the "common > ancestor" is King Edward himself, but there has to be a better way of > finding the right path than reaching a dead end and then going down a > different trail. > > I have never been that impressed with being descended from royalty, my main > concern has always been accuracy, but on the other hand, it would be > interesting to show the connection if it is there. I would appreciate any > suggestions from anyone. > > David > > MSgt David E. Cann, USMC (Ret'd) > Phone: 540-372-7868 > Fax: 540-372-7707 > E-mail: decann@infi.net > > HOME PAGES > Family: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann > Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann/genealogy > > I'm a RootsWeb Sponsor. Ask me how you can be one, too. > > Researching Bradford, Brewer, Cann, Cashatt, Ewing, Fitch, Linson, Markley, > Merkle, Oliver, Redkey, Schottler, Shockey, Vance and Wynne surnames and > any others related by birth, marriage or adoption. > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE remove as much of the Original Message as possible when replying to a List Posting. Include only that part of the original message important to your reply. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >