Identifying root individual in GEDCOM My question is very basic, but I need to make sure of the answer before venturing into a project. I've looked everywhere for an answer but I can't find anything concrete. Is the root individual in a Gedcom the first INDI record in the Gedcom, the individual with the lowest ID number or something else? Update/Edit - Thanks everyone. I'm beginning work on a project where I'll be importing a Gedcom and reformatting the data to store in a proprietory form. The store will start with the most recent person in the Gedcom, and I was hoping it would be easy to determine that. (By "most recent person" I mean where the Gedcom/tree starts.) But, from comments here and from my further understanding of the format of the Gedcom it's not what I was thinking/hoping. So, I'm going to have to re-think things.

I agree with Colin. There is no root individual indication in a Gedcom. You have to provide a way for the user to define what is his/her own root individual directly in your application.