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I have two people, let's say X and Y. I know that X and Y are related directly, but I don't know how many generations up from X that Y is, and I don't know the names of the generations up until Y. Is there a way that I can add Y as an "ancestor" showing that they are not related as parents but as "ancestors" with an unknown amount of generations between them?
by joshhy (150 points)

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There's no built in functionality for that. You could try something creative like adding a person with a name like "Unknown number of ancestors" between the two people.
by lsommerer (57.4k points)
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