Originally Posted by
Sllhouette
i see now. its because i had so many usurpers going back and forth through different trees. when someone would usurp, it would show a new royal tree, with only immediate relations. once that line failed to produce a good heir, it reverted back to my old, widespread family tree from 100 years ago. i can see all the old line again. it doesnt mean the usurper royals are dead; their family still exists, they are just no longer THE royal family. when plagues would hit, it would show too many names in a settlement affected, even if i only had one governor there and maybe 2 agents, but they didnt exist in any tree. now i can see these "invisible" families again. i dont remember this tree swapping ever happening in M2 or SS 6.4. this is a new SSHIP thing? its actually kind of cool...