{"schema_version":"1.0","id":"Glasgow-2045","alternate_ids":[],"catalogue_id":"glasgow-2045","name":"Mary Ann (Glasgow) Bell","canonical_url":"https://glasgow.phenotype.dev/people/glasgow-2045.html","json_url":"https://glasgow.phenotype.dev/people/glasgow-2045.json","network_url":"https://glasgow.phenotype.dev/people/glasgow-2045.network.json","wikitree_url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-2045","vitals":{"birth":{"date":"c. 1836","place":"Ballynagilly, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom","status":"estimated"},"death":{"date":"c. 1918-12-02","place":"Ballynagilly, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom","status":"estimated"}},"identity":{"gender":"Female","occupations":[],"locations":["Ballynagilly, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom","Lissan civil parish — Cookstown area"],"aliases":[],"research_clusters":["Unplaced Irish profile leads through 1850"]},"relationships":{"parents":[],"spouses":[{"id":"Bell-34298","name":"David Bell","relationship":"spouse","status":"unknown","status_label":"WikiTree tree relationship","basis":"tree","evidence_ids":[],"tree_relationship":true,"relationship_source":"wikitree_spouse_field","tree_status":"unmarked","tree_status_label":"WikiTree: relationship status unmarked","url":null,"json_url":null,"network_url":null,"wikitree_url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bell-34298","claim_id":"C-9a2d3c9c2bcf"}],"children":[],"siblings":[]},"claims":[{"id":"C-68b7efb104bc","type":"recorded_occurrence","subject_ids":["Glasgow-2045"],"claim":"Mary Ann (Glasgow) Bell was recorded in Lissan civil parish — Cookstown area (b. 1836).","status":"unknown","status_label":"One-Tree profile lead","evidence_ids":["E-68b7efb104bc"],"notes":"Profile-stated birthplace: Ballynagilly, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland","provenance":"mapped_record"},{"id":"C-9a2d3c9c2bcf","type":"tree_relationship","subject_ids":["Glasgow-2045","Bell-34298"],"claim":"WikiTree currently connects Mary Ann (Glasgow) Bell and David Bell as spouse.","status":"unknown","status_label":"WikiTree tree relationship","evidence_ids":[],"notes":"Tree structure only; no documentary conclusion is implied.","provenance":"wikitree_spouse_field"}],"evidence":[{"id":"E-9840192eece5","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Glasgow-2045"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-1b329ffd300c","source":{"title":"Based on age in censuses and civil death.","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":null},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"id":"E-25a6d4478ddd","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Glasgow-2045"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-71dcfe796669","source":{"title":"David Bell, Mary Glasgow, 1866, Magherafelt (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/6567713134957) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":"https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/6567713134957"},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"id":"E-b48a8635ea29","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Glasgow-2045"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"unknown","independence_group":"SRC-2dc65aa83c61","source":{"title":"\"Deaths - Bell\", Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 07 December 1918, page 1.","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":null},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"id":"E-12d55fb00b9a","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Glasgow-2045"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"unknown","independence_group":"SRC-d9bd15aec97f","source":{"title":"\"Mrs. Bell, Ballynagilly\" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19181207/031/0002), Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 07 December 1918, Page 2","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":"https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19181207/031/0002"},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"id":"E-814bac28dc20","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Glasgow-2045"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-fb931eecffb9","source":{"title":"1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Lissan_Lower/Ballynagilly/1729175/) - Residents of a house 16 in Ballynagilly (Lissan Lower, Tyrone). David Bell(55), Mary(63), Mary Ann(21, daughter), Lily Douglas (11, boarder).","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":"http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Lissan_Lower/Ballynagilly/1729175/"},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"id":"E-498072884642","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Glasgow-2045"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-e38fef3d654b","source":{"title":"1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Lissan/Ballynagilly/858926/) - Residents of a house 20 in Ballynagilly (Lissan, Tyrone). David(67), Mary Anne(74; 44yrs married, no children), Mary Anne(32, adopted daughter - born Co. Londonderry), William John(1, adopted grandson), Elizabeth Douglas(23, boarder).","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":"http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Lissan/Ballynagilly/858926/"},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"id":"E-68b7efb104bc","claim_ids":["C-68b7efb104bc"],"record_type":"Profile-stated birthplace: Ballynagilly, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland","date":"b. 1836","place":"Lissan civil parish — Cookstown area","subjects":["Glasgow-2045"],"assertion":"One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"tree_only","independence_group":"SRC-aec0055e9546","source":{"title":"WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2045","repository":null,"reference":"c564bc16c51aed56","url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-2045"},"provenance":"profile-export"}],"open_questions":[],"research_leads":[],"source_summary":[{"title":"Based on age in censuses and civil death.","url":null,"source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-1b329ffd300c","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"David Bell, Mary Glasgow, 1866, Magherafelt (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/6567713134957) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages","url":"https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/6567713134957","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-71dcfe796669","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"\"Deaths - Bell\", Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 07 December 1918, page 1.","url":null,"source_quality":"unknown","independence_group":"SRC-2dc65aa83c61","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"\"Mrs. Bell, Ballynagilly\" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19181207/031/0002), Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 07 December 1918, Page 2","url":"https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19181207/031/0002","source_quality":"unknown","independence_group":"SRC-d9bd15aec97f","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Lissan_Lower/Ballynagilly/1729175/) - Residents of a house 16 in Ballynagilly (Lissan Lower, Tyrone). David Bell(55), Mary(63), Mary Ann(21, daughter), Lily Douglas (11, boarder).","url":"http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Lissan_Lower/Ballynagilly/1729175/","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-fb931eecffb9","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Lissan/Ballynagilly/858926/) - Residents of a house 20 in Ballynagilly (Lissan, Tyrone). David(67), Mary Anne(74; 44yrs married, no children), Mary Anne(32, adopted daughter - born Co. Londonderry), William John(1, adopted grandson), Elizabeth Douglas(23, boarder).","url":"http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Lissan/Ballynagilly/858926/","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-e38fef3d654b","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2045","url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-2045","source_quality":"tree_only","independence_group":"SRC-aec0055e9546","provenance":"profile-export"}],"warnings":[],"provenance":{"tree":"WikiTree One-Tree export","mapped_records":"Glasgow Surname Project map dataset","profile_capture":"Public WikiTree profile evidence capture","relationship_assessments":"Controlled local relationship hypothesis register"},"research_findings":[],"similar_people":[],"potential_parentage":{"children_recorded":[],"earliest_dated_son":null,"earliest_dated_daughter":null,"second_dated_son":null,"second_dated_daughter":null,"third_dated_son":null,"third_dated_daughter":null,"naming_controls":{"matches":0,"mismatches":0,"factor":1.0,"details":[]},"candidates":[{"id":"Glasgow-1701","name":"James Glasgow jun","catalogue_id":"glasgow-1701","html_url":"/people/glasgow-1701.html","birth_year":1805,"death_year":1875,"gender":"Male","age_gap":31,"age_gap_label":"31 years","role":"possible father","locations":["Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom","Killycurragh townland — Oritor/Derryloran"],"score":39,"classification":"weak lead","reasons":["plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)","candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: cookstown (+6)","same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)","subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1832–1851) (+6; other parent Margaret (Henry) Glasgow)","candidate has another child, Allen Glasgow, born 3 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+6; possible sibling-household clue)","known spouse Margaret (Henry) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (26) at the subject's birth (+3)"],"conflicts":[],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":0,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":5,"factors":["age","local sibling birth","spouse chronology","spouse-specific child window","undated locality"],"indirect_factor_count":5,"suggested_co_parent":{"id":"Henry-14942","name":"Margaret (Henry) Glasgow","html_url":"/people/henry-14942.html"}},{"id":"Glasgow-1654","name":"David Glasgow","catalogue_id":"glasgow-1654","html_url":"/people/glasgow-1654.html","birth_year":1803,"death_year":1864,"gender":"Male","age_gap":33,"age_gap_label":"at least 33 years","role":"possible father","locations":["Killycurragh, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom","Killycurragh townland — Oritor/Derryloran"],"score":39,"classification":"weak lead","reasons":["bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at least 33 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)","mapped Killycurragh townland — Oritor/Derryloran is 7.5 km from the subject's birth-period Lissan civil parish — Cookstown area (+2; one or both placements are unproved)","same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)","subject's birth fits within the candidate's overall child-bearing span (1824–1842) (+3; children are not tied to one spouse)","candidate has another child, John Glasgow, born 2 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+6; possible sibling-household clue)","the subject's given name Mary recurs below 3 independent child branches of candidate's child Mary Glasgow (John R Glasgow branch: Mary Glasgow; Mary Jane (Glasgow) Henry branch: Mary Jane (Glasgow) Henry; Samuel Ramsey Glasgow branch: Mary (Glasgow) Thom) (+17; catalogue rarity 0, Mary in 235 profiles; grandchild-level echo, supports investigating the subject as that child's missing sibling)","3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming"],"conflicts":["candidate already has another child named Mary Glasgow (Glasgow-1648) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)"],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":1,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":6,"factors":["age","household chronology","indirect multi-factor convergence","local sibling birth","mapped proximity","missing-sibling descendant echo"],"indirect_factor_count":6,"suggested_co_parent":null},{"id":"Glasgow-3140","name":"John Glasgow","catalogue_id":"glasgow-3140","html_url":"/people/glasgow-3140.html","birth_year":1813,"death_year":null,"gender":"Male","age_gap":23,"age_gap_label":"23 years","role":"possible father","locations":["Ireland, United Kingdom","Ireland — exact locality unproved"],"score":36,"classification":"weak lead","reasons":["plausible 23-year parent-child age gap (+18)","a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)","known spouse Elizabeth (Fee) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (19) at the subject's birth (+7)","the subject's given name Mary recurs below 4 independent child branches of candidate's child Samuel Glasgow (Alexander Glasgow branch: Mary Glasgow; Mary Ethel Glasgow branch: Mary Ethel Glasgow; Mary Glasgow branch: Mary Glasgow) (+20; catalogue rarity 0, Mary in 235 profiles; grandchild-level echo, supports investigating the subject as that child's missing sibling)"],"conflicts":["same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)"],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":1,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":4,"factors":["age","household chronology","missing-sibling descendant echo","spouse chronology"],"indirect_factor_count":4,"suggested_co_parent":null},{"id":"Glasgow-2044","name":"George Glasgow","catalogue_id":"glasgow-2044","html_url":"/people/glasgow-2044.html","birth_year":1812,"death_year":1892,"gender":"Male","age_gap":24,"age_gap_label":"24 years","role":"possible father","locations":["County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom","Ballynagilly, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom","County Tyrone — exact locality unproved"],"score":35,"classification":"weak lead","reasons":["plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)","candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)","same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)","a known child was born within 4 years of the subject (+1)","candidate has another child, Julia Glasgow, born 4 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+6; possible sibling-household clue)"],"conflicts":[],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":0,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":4,"factors":["age","household chronology","local sibling birth","undated locality"],"indirect_factor_count":4,"suggested_co_parent":null},{"id":"Glasgow-1675","name":"William Glasgow","catalogue_id":"glasgow-1675","html_url":"/people/glasgow-1675.html","birth_year":1799,"death_year":1855,"gender":"Male","age_gap":37,"age_gap_label":"37 years","role":"possible father","locations":["Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland","Sandusky, Ohio, United States","Killycurragh townland — Oritor/Derryloran"],"score":35,"classification":"weak lead","reasons":["plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)","candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: cookstown (+6)","subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1824–1844) (+6; other parent Nancy (Glendinning) Glasgow)","candidate has another child, Mary Glasgow, born 12 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+2; possible sibling-household clue)","known spouse Nancy (Glendinning) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (33) at the subject's birth (+7)"],"conflicts":["candidate already has another child named Mary Glasgow (Glasgow-3158) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)"],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":0,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":5,"factors":["age","local sibling birth","spouse chronology","spouse-specific child window","undated locality"],"indirect_factor_count":5,"suggested_co_parent":{"id":"Glendinning-340","name":"Nancy (Glendinning) Glasgow","html_url":"/people/glendinning-340.html"}},{"id":"Henry-6408","name":"Mary Anne (Henry) Glasgow","catalogue_id":"henry-6408","html_url":"/people/henry-6408.html","birth_year":1802,"death_year":1888,"gender":"Female","age_gap":34,"age_gap_label":"34 years","role":"possible mother","locations":["Derryloran, Cookstown Co Tyrone, Ireland","Montober, County Tyrone, Ireland","Cookstown"],"score":43,"classification":"moderate lead","reasons":["plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)","candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: cookstown (+6)","subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1827–1844) (+6; other parent William Glasgow)","candidate has another child, Robert Glasgow, born 6 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+4; possible sibling-household clue)","candidate and subject share the given name Mary (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 235 public profiles)","3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming"],"conflicts":[],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":1,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":6,"factors":["age","indirect multi-factor convergence","local sibling birth","same-sex generational naming","spouse-specific child window","undated locality"],"indirect_factor_count":6,"suggested_co_parent":{"id":"Glasgow-585","name":"William Glasgow","html_url":"/people/glasgow-585.html"}},{"id":"Ferguson-8028","name":"Elizabeth (Ferguson) Dougal","catalogue_id":"ferguson-8028","html_url":"/people/ferguson-8028.html","birth_year":1812,"death_year":1901,"gender":"Female","age_gap":24,"age_gap_label":"24 years","role":"possible mother","locations":["County Tyrone, Ireland","Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone, Ireland","County Tyrone — exact locality unproved"],"score":36,"classification":"weak lead","reasons":["plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)","candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: cookstown (+6)","subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1835–1837) (+6; other parent Thomas Glasgow)","candidate has another child, David Glasgow, born 0 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+6; possible sibling-household clue)"],"conflicts":[],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":0,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":4,"factors":["age","local sibling birth","spouse-specific child window","undated locality"],"indirect_factor_count":4,"suggested_co_parent":{"id":"Glasgow-1684","name":"Thomas Glasgow","html_url":"/people/glasgow-1684.html"}},{"id":"Henry-14942","name":"Margaret (Henry) Glasgow","catalogue_id":"henry-14942","html_url":"/people/henry-14942.html","birth_year":1810,"death_year":1892,"gender":"Female","age_gap":26,"age_gap_label":"26 years","role":"possible mother","locations":["County Tyrone, Ireland","Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland","County Tyrone — exact locality unproved"],"score":36,"classification":"weak lead","reasons":["plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)","candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: cookstown (+6)","subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1832–1851) (+6; other parent James Glasgow jun)","candidate has another child, Allen Glasgow, born 3 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+6; possible sibling-household clue)"],"conflicts":[],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":0,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":4,"factors":["age","local sibling birth","spouse-specific child window","undated locality"],"indirect_factor_count":4,"suggested_co_parent":{"id":"Glasgow-1701","name":"James Glasgow jun","html_url":"/people/glasgow-1701.html"}},{"id":"Glendinning-340","name":"Nancy (Glendinning) Glasgow","catalogue_id":"glendinning-340","html_url":"/people/glendinning-340.html","birth_year":1803,"death_year":1890,"gender":"Female","age_gap":33,"age_gap_label":"33 years","role":"possible mother","locations":["Brackagh, Lissan, County Londonderry, Ireland","Belle Center, Logan, Ohio, United States","Lissan civil parish — Cookstown area"],"score":32,"classification":"weak lead","reasons":["plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)","same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: lissan civil parish cookstown area (+10)","subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1824–1844) (+6; other parent William Glasgow)","candidate has another child, Mary Glasgow, born 12 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+2; possible sibling-household clue)"],"conflicts":["candidate already has another child named Mary Glasgow (Glasgow-3158) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)"],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":0,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":4,"factors":["age","local sibling birth","spouse-specific child window","undated locality"],"indirect_factor_count":4,"suggested_co_parent":{"id":"Glasgow-1675","name":"William Glasgow","html_url":"/people/glasgow-1675.html"}},{"id":"Fee-681","name":"Elizabeth (Fee) Glasgow","catalogue_id":"fee-681","html_url":"/people/fee-681.html","birth_year":1817,"death_year":null,"gender":"Female","age_gap":19,"age_gap_label":"19 years","role":"possible mother","locations":["Ireland","County Antrim — exact locality unproved"],"score":29,"classification":"weak lead","reasons":["plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)","a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)","the subject's given name Mary recurs below 4 independent child branches of candidate's child Samuel Glasgow (Alexander Glasgow branch: Mary Glasgow; Mary Ethel Glasgow branch: Mary Ethel Glasgow; Mary Glasgow branch: Mary Glasgow) (+20; catalogue rarity 0, Mary in 235 profiles; grandchild-level echo, supports investigating the subject as that child's missing sibling)"],"conflicts":["same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)"],"currently_linked_parent":false,"naming_signal_count":1,"relationship_certainty":"Not currently linked as parent","factor_count":3,"factors":["age","household chronology","missing-sibling descendant echo"],"indirect_factor_count":3,"suggested_co_parent":null}],"method":"Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.","warning":"Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage."}}
