* how related -- does one have to be "Root"?

[santatraugott]

I am trying to determine how my son-in-law relates to one of his collateral relatives. These people obviously have nothing to do with my root ancestor. When I try to use the How Related Tool, the only option for my son-in-law to match with appears to be my own root ancestor. I have tried to read the knowledge base but so far can't figure out how to see exactly how my son-in-law relates to a collateral ancestor, that is totally unrelated to me.,

[Robert Jacobs]

You may have to swap the first person & second person when the How Related screen pops up. There's a button for the purpose. Then the first person can be selected to be whomever you wish.

Robert

[LornaCraig]

You can also simply start by selecting the two people in the Individuals tab of the Records Window before using Tools>How Related. They will then both be preselected in the How Related window.

[santatraugott]

Thanks -- I got it to work.