Is the Connection Finder supposed to resolve old/previous WikiTree ID's?

Question

I tried this link and it said no Connection Found.

• https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Connection&action=connect&person1Name=Huntingdon-7&person2Name=Buch-358

When I go to his profile, it says that he is my 25th great grandfather.

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Huntingdon-7

Then I figured out that the link contained a previous WikiTree ID:

• Huntingdon-7

When I replaced the old WikiTree ID with the new WikiTree ID in the above link, the Connection Finder worked fine.

• https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Connection&action=connect&person1Name=Dunkeld-132&person2Name=Buch-358

So, is the Connection Finder supposed to resolve old/previous WikiTree ID's? or should it?

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So, is the Connection Finder supposed to resolve old/previous WikiTree ID's? or should it?

Yes, and this has been added to the to-do list :) 

Answer 1

We updated the CF so if you enter a merged-away ID, it will use the new ID.

Answer 2

The connection finder is supposed to find the SHORTEST connection with you. Through siblings and marriages.

Your relationship finder line is not the shortest. That shows the blood line.

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PS To answer your actual question - which is about the "old" ID Huntingdon-7.

The Huntiingdon - 7 profile at some point in the past was merged into the Dunkeld profile (or the LNAB was changed) so technically, it no longer exists, but also cannot be re-used since it is still linked to the Dunkeld profile.

Hope this helps.