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I am trying to discover how James Douglas, 4th Lord Dalkeith and 1st Lord Morton is related to the 6th Earl of Morton.

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Comment by Philip Gerrit Kreyenbroek on April 7, 2020 at 10:09

Great, thanks very much. Philip

Comment by William Douglas on April 6, 2020 at 18:49

I tried my relationship function in the database - but it broke the system!

James Douglas is my 14th great-grandfather

William 6th Earl of Morton is my 10th great-grandfather.

The common ancestor is John Douglas of Lothian, who died about 1325.  He was James's great-great grandfather and Williams 7th great grandfather.

You can work out the relationship!

William

Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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