tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post5013799952865616830..comments2023-06-22T07:05:06.074-05:00Comments on Barking Up the Wrong Tree: One Wrong MoveLLG70http://www.blogger.com/profile/05978415045288866420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post-67528634558583499722012-11-15T06:50:14.498-06:002012-11-15T06:50:14.498-06:00 I have decided that even though it says they are... I have decided that even though it says they are related by steps I am taking them out of the tree. They are related through a daughter/son in law and really do not contribute anything to the blood line.Thanks to the comments that heloped me realize that I was filling up my tree with people related through marriage only.Will keep the parents and nothing back furtherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post-65584763712901970532012-11-13T14:43:09.516-06:002012-11-13T14:43:09.516-06:00The only explanation that I can see is that it is ...The only explanation that I can see is that it is a relationship calculation specific to your software program.<br /> <br />It looks like they are calculating how many steps it takes to arrive from an unrelated person to you.<br /><br />From you to Benjamin Bartlett is 10 steps (1st cousin, 8x removed) an additional one step is added to connect you to Ruth, his wife, because of their marriage. Giving you the 11 steps. And you can see that 2 more steps would get you to Ruth's grandfather giving you the 13 steps calculation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069552851072434225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post-28937373825229632622012-11-13T14:24:01.303-06:002012-11-13T14:24:01.303-06:00I have only been doing this for about 10 months ne...I have only been doing this for about 10 months never having done genealogy before except on my dogs. All I know is The Brewsters, Aldens,Bradfords,Bartletts married into the Footes, Freemans Wadsworth,Hurlbuts,Clapps(These last two the main lines right to my maternal Grandmother/Grandfather)<br />So I reckon the steps mean they are not really related but their family down the line is.<br />Thanks for your help I will keep digging and se what I turn up. This program usally tells me if they are not related or how they are.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post-24172561040339436192012-11-13T13:53:08.022-06:002012-11-13T13:53:08.022-06:00Yes she is also in the Wadsworth Line and so is he...Yes she is also in the Wadsworth Line and so is her grandfather Twice in fact, Back then I have found a lot of cousins marrying and it has gotten quite confusing keeping up with her was who in the family or a man after his wife has died marrying her sister or the same with the women marrying her dead husbands brother.<br /><br />I can let you look at my family tree if you would like<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post-26825177203329467882012-11-13T11:49:13.992-06:002012-11-13T11:49:13.992-06:00I don't get it. Is Ruth related to you another...I don't get it. Is Ruth related to you another way? If not she's only related to you by marriage so her grandfather isn't related to you at all.LLG70https://www.blogger.com/profile/05978415045288866420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post-34817399078676188892012-11-13T06:23:06.521-06:002012-11-13T06:23:06.521-06:00I have included a sample here from out of my tree....I have included a sample here from out of my tree. and I guess the way I take it maybe its being related through marriage<br /><br />Benjamin Bartlett is a 1st cousin 8x removed-His grandfather Love Brewster is a direct descendant 10 generations<br />Benjamins wife Ruth Pabodie is related to me 11 steps- Her grandfather John Alden is related to me 13 steps.<br /><br />I use ancestry to search but actually I have all the genealogy books on my whole maternal line and the program I use to do the tree in is My Heritage and that is the one that lists how they are related.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post-54509580669900395622012-11-12T14:20:27.671-06:002012-11-12T14:20:27.671-06:00Steps? I've never seen that.Steps? I've never seen that.LLG70https://www.blogger.com/profile/05978415045288866420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post-50431304001613073842012-11-12T13:24:28.777-06:002012-11-12T13:24:28.777-06:00I have been trying to find out about something and...I have been trying to find out about something and the only way I know of to contact you is here on a comment, Hopefully you will get it.<br />I have been working on my family tree for about a year. Of course I understand how the first cousin second cousin once removed or twice on down the line works but I also have some that my program shows that they are related to me by steps. I have one for example that is a 2nd cousin 4 times removed I believe it was but when he shows up in the tree again on another line it shows him being related in steps. Is that the same as generations back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891342107356798300.post-62840016421695636072012-11-09T10:30:29.232-06:002012-11-09T10:30:29.232-06:00ROFL @ "Yup, she died in 1886 but is on the 1...ROFL @ "Yup, she died in 1886 but is on the 1900 census. Impressive."Deidre Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317584021084205923noreply@blogger.com