The complete tracing provided by the GENi search is:
"Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA is your 12th cousin 6 times removed."
But that is not the shortest link. I’ve altered what GENi says below to show the shorter one.
Me :Michael M van Beuren http://www.geni.com/people/Mike-van-Beuren/6000000019182195571
mother → Phoebe Archbold (Wildman){van Beuren}
grandmother→ Elizabeth Lee (Bean) Wildman
(her) mother → Sarah Bean g1
mother → Mary Hunter (Albertson) g2
mother → Sarah Pim Albertson (Lee) g3
mother → Elizabeth Lee (Wright) g4
mother → Lydia Wright g5
mother → Beulah Richards g6 (after this comes the disagreement)
father → Daniel Walker …. Should be mother Lydia Walker g7
→ Lewis Walker …..Should be mother Frances Barnard (Lambe) g8
aka: http://www.geni.com/people/Frances-Barnard/5241909214130082545?through=6000000007219092120
now, skip everyone (the GENi path offered) and continue with Frances Barnard (Lambe) below. As is shown, I cut out many generations.
→ Sir Michael Heneage, Chief Usher of the Exchequer
→ William Bulstrode, London (Richard’s Brother)
→ Sarah Brewster (rather) mother Frances Barnard (Lambe) g8 (as above)
→ Abigail Harrison (rather) daughter, Rebecca Flower (Barnard), 8th great aunt (Lydia Walker’s sister, see above)
→ Abigail Herring (rather) daughter, Rebecca Lincoln (Flowers),
→ Bathsheba Cofer (going backward) son, Capt. Abraham Lincoln,
son, → Thomas Herring Lincoln, Sr. ,
son, → Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA, http://www.geni.com/people/Abraham-Lincoln/6000000002686627053
Why couldn’t the GENi software find the shorter path? All the profiles are there on the site. Is the search engine designed to just go for any link from Abraham Lincoln to me? Please explain.