Different paths between two profiles - how do I troubleshoot

Started by David Morgan Buttrick on Tuesday, July 21, 2020
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7/21/2020 at 3:11 PM

I'm at a loss for how to have someone help me here. I could use some hand holding...

The path between my Grandmother and William Howard Taft is fifth cousin twice removed.
There are 11 profiles between them.

I would think that my path to William Howard Taft would be the same, adding on my mother between me and my Grandmother.

But the path from me to William Howard Taft is considerably different. There are 20 people between me and Mr Taft.

How can I troubleshoot this? Should I even care about the paths being so different? Is there documentation on how geni determines which paths to follow when traversing the tree?

Thanks.
David

7/23/2020 at 3:31 PM

Segments of the path get calculated and cached. Sometimes that means the segments are out of date. You can try to force a recalculation by "teaching" the system there is new data. If you take a stop along the path to each profile is can force the system to understand there is a better path.

When I check between you and William Howard Taft it looked correct. Someone may have forced it already.

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