# Filter to exclude certain branches of my tree

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**Created:** [March 25, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/filter-to-exclude-certain-branches-of-my-tree/7325 "2025-03-25T15:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaveSch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davesch/32/40_2.png) [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/filter-to-exclude-certain-branches-of-my-tree/7325/4 "2025-03-26T16:15:17Z")

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I posted on another thread wanting to do something similar.

> [@Filter to get the ascending tree](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/filter-to-get-the-ascending-tree/7259/6):
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> It is even easier than that. In the People custom Filters… Ancestral filters \>\> Ancestors of \<person\> Check the box to Include selected Gramps ID If you want all the Descendants (and their Spouses) the second filter is Descendant Filters \>\> Descendant family members of \<filter\> match To exclude this branch, you need to find the people to exclude. Descendant Filters \>\> Descendant family members of \<person\> Check the box to Include selected Gramps ID if you want the selected person exc…

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