Why does the connection finder provide a different path to Brigham Young for a husband and spouse?

Question

Curiosity Q's:

1.  Brigham Young (BY) to me = 15 degrees, to my wife 16 via me; an expected result; but the route from BY to my (Known) family members is different for each of us - why?  Yet for the Liz Taylor (19) degrees we both have identical routes to reach me.

2. The Connection route seems odd as it chooses " parent =>Child => brother/sister =>......" instead of going directly to the more direct child and thereby reducing the degree count by 1.   

As I said - just curious!

And yes, I knew we have LSD links in our family tree(s) but never thought it was so close to BY.  Thanks for that insightful prompt.

Answer 1

If you are located 15 degrees in more than one way, I think it will randomly show any of the possibilities each time you generate it. If you want to see a different path you can click in the "x" next to any person along the path and it will show your connection without that person.