On occasions, it is clearer to only include a direct line chart, that is, the family from a particular ancestor to one of their descendants, ignore all of the brothers and sisters of the ancestors at each generations.
This is easy to achieve with Pedigree Forge. First, start a new descendant chart from the ancestor as usual.
Find the ID of the descendant to whom you wish to show the direct line only. This usually will start with the letter “I” and is shown on charts.
In the following example, we created a descendant chart starting with James Griggs (I13), and want to create a direct line chart to the client (I1).
Select the “General” tab of the “Chart Properties” panel. Open the “Advanced Parameters” section by clicking on the arrow, and then and click on the “…” button to the right of the “Direct to” text box. Another dialog will popup to allow you to select the person to show directly to.
Enter the destination descendants ID number (in this case, I1), and click enter. The chart will update to show only the direct line between the two:
Use the usual default width and position functions to improve the appearance:
