>> My basic question: what is going on that 
	A.	"../../@name" 
is so different from 
	B.	"../../../span-fill/@name"
?


A is the name attribute of your grandparent
B is the name attribute of a span-fill child of your great-grandparent,
this might not be your ancestor, it might be a great uncle.

David

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