#654 Cousins chart

[Paul King]

Need a way to chart siblings for each generation of
ancestors, and thus to use the chart to identify and
navigate quickly to cousins.

Currently, there is no way to see at a glance how many
children your great grandmother's sister had - and you
are not aware of any gaps in cousin information, and so
are not prompted to look for further information where
missing

Cousins are just as interesting as direct ancestors!

A large chart that expands in all direction beyond the
browser window would be fine (needed to accommodate all
the extra linkages)- just so long as we can pan around
in it

Could even place a text relationship description for
cousin & direct links under each individual - as
mentioned in another feature request

[KosherJava]

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do you have a wibsie that shows an image or sample of what
you have in mind?

[Paul King]

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Hi - examples include

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~picard/CousinChart.html
http://www.onr.com/user/aynes/cousins.htm
http://www.duerinck.com/consangu.html
And in particular, check out
http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/papers/mmcguffin_INFOVIS2005.pdf
which shows a range of strategies for interactive
visualisation with complex likages

[Christophe B.]

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Paul wrote :
"Currently, there is no way to see at a glance how many
children your great grandmother's sister had"

Did you try this ? :
- Select : Ancestry chart
- Enter your ID as root
- Select : Booklet 4 generations
- Check : Show cousins

Scroll down to any family page : you will see children with
their spouses and great-children as "cousins"

Christophe