But be sure not check "Include spouses," and when you get the result, subtract one, because the starting person is counted also. Joan Lowrey >In PAF it´s easy to find out how many ancestors or descendants a >person has. I export a gedcom of my "selected" data. I can then >choose all the ancestors or decendants of a specific person in the >relationship filter. > >I don´t have to even actually export the file, just look at the number >of people filtered.