* Relationships

[jeremyhills]

When you sort on 'Relationship to Root' it sorts alphabetically i.e. 1st cousin comes top of the list. Is there any way to sort according to the closeness of the relationship?? This would show Father first, then grandfathers etc.

ID:4984

[tatewise]

Yes, you can use the Ahnentafel Number.

See the Help on Functions and look it up on Wikipedia.

In the Individual Records Window use Lists > Configure Record Window Columns and add a Column with the following Expression:

=Number(0-AhnentafelNumber(FileRoot(),%INDI%,1))

Then hold the Alt key to reverse sort on this column.

You could simply use =AhnentafelNumber(FileRoot(),%INDI%,1) but sorting then lists all unrelated individuals first.

[Jane]

The only problem with Ahnentafel is it only works for Ancestors, so you might want to look at generating something using the RelationCode() function, once you have decided what order you want cousins etc in when looking at the list.