Re: Question about capability by version number

On 17/4/22 7:06 am, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 17/4/22 6:43 am, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 17/4/22 6:31 am, Bret Busby wrote:
>>> On 17/4/22 6:20 am, Bret Busby wrote:
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>> I have GRAMPS v 5.1.3-1 running on UbuntuMATE Linux v20.10 .
>>>>
>>>> I have recently received from a cousin, a GEDCOM file with about 
>>>> 1300 names, for the lineage of one of my grandparents, with some of 
>>>> the ancestry, going back into the 12th century CE.
>>>>
>>>> In trying to get a "Relationship to Home Person", with me set as the 
>>>> Homie ( :) ), I got an error message stating that the relationship 
>>>> went more than the maximum of 15 generations.
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering whether v5.1.5 of GRAMPS, which I assume (but do not 
>>>> know) will be in Ubuntu Linux v22.04, which is due to be released in 
>>>> a couple of weeks, will be able to calculate relationships for more 
>>>> than 15 generations, and, if so, for how many generations will be 
>>>> its maximum that it can calculate relationships.
>>>>
>>>> Please advise.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in anticipation.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The full message that was returned, is thus;
>>>
>>> "
>>> Relationships of Plantagenet, King Richard I "Coeur de Lion" King of 
>>> England to Busby, Bret
>>>
>>>      Busby, Bret and Plantagenet, King Richard I "Coeur de Lion" King 
>>> of England are not directly related.
>>>
>>>
>>> Remarks
>>>
>>> The following problems were encountered:
>>> Family Tree reaches back more than the maximum 15 generations searched.
>>> It is possible that relationships have been missed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Remarks with inlaw family
>>>
>>> The following problems were encountered:
>>> Family Tree reaches back more than the maximum 15 generations searched.
>>> It is possible that relationships have been missed
>>> Family Tree reaches back more than the maximum 15 generations searched.
>>> It is possible that relationships have been missed
>>> "
>>>
>>
>> Similarly for
>>
>> "
>> Relationships of Scotland, King Malcolm III "Ceanmor (Longneck)" I 
>> King to Busby, Bret
>>
>>      Busby, Bret and Scotland, King Malcolm III "Ceanmor (Longneck)" I 
>> King are not directly related.
>>
>>
>> Remarks
>>
>> The following problems were encountered:
>> Family Tree reaches back more than the maximum 15 generations searched.
>> It is possible that relationships have been missed
>>
>>
>>
>> Remarks with inlaw family
>>
>> The following problems were encountered:
>> Family Tree reaches back more than the maximum 15 generations searched.
>> It is possible that relationships have been missed
>> Family Tree reaches back more than the maximum 15 generations searched.
>> It is possible that relationships have been missed
>> Family Tree reaches back more than the maximum 15 generations searched.
>> It is possible that relationships have been missed
>> "
>>
>> with
>>
>> "
>> Scotland, King Malcolm III "Ceanmor (Longneck)" I King
>> Birth: about 1033 - Of, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.
>> Death: 1093-11-13 - Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
>> Burial: - Holy Trinity Church, Dumferline, Fifeshire, Scotland.
>> "
>>
>>
>> Now, this record goes back to the 11th century CE.
>>
>> So, I am wondering what is the maximum fully functional range of 
>> GRAMPS, in versions 5.1.3-1 and 5.1.5 .
>>
>> The GEDCOM file was generated by a(n unknown (to me) ) version of 
>> Family Tree Maker.
>>
> 
> I note also that, in my version of GRAMPS, whilst both a (basic?) 
> Descendants Report and a Detailed Descendants Report are available for 
> Text Reports, only a Detailed Ancestors Report, but, not a (basic?) 
> Ancestors Report is available, and, the Descendants Report has a limit, 
> also, like the Relationship Calculator, of 15 generations, but, the 
> graphical  Ancestor Tree has a limit of 50 generations.
> 
> Are these generation number limits, the same, in version 5.1.5, and, why 
> does the limit of 50 generations, that applies to the graphical 
> Ancestors Tree, not also apply to the text reports, and the Relationship 
> Calculator?
> 
> This is notsomuch a criticism, as a query, to seek understanding.
> 

In experimenting, I have found that the (basic) Ancestors Report is 
named, in GRAMPS, the "Ahnentafel (?)" Report  (I note that the 
spellchecker in Thunderbird, recommends Fentanyl for that report name ( 
:)  )  ).

Unfortunately, whilst it goes back to a limit of 100 generations, it is 
still, about 300 years short of the earliest ancestors in the file.

-- 
Bret Busby
Genealogical DNA Research Participant and Campaigner
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
..............



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