For many to most people born after 1850, I have over a dozen different spelling variations that have been used for that person - so a dozen different names.
They have been posted with the "name" in many records besides any that have anything to do with proving a relationship. (Name in a WWI Draft Reg doesn't contribute to proving a relationship - except occasionally if they are the "reference" who will know where they are and "always" will be. Then, that an be used a "Link to bro/wife/mother or whoever is given" - and in the records of BOTH people.
So, in effect, what you describe does not work to document how a person has built his or her case that this person is realated to another in some way, shape, or form.
Citing a source to a name only documents what the name is, not what his or relationship to anyone is.
They have been posted with the "name" in many records besides any that have anything to do with proving a relationship. (Name in a WWI Draft Reg doesn't contribute to proving a relationship - except occasionally if they are the "reference" who will know where they are and "always" will be. Then, that an be used a "Link to bro/wife/mother or whoever is given" - and in the records of BOTH people.
So, in effect, what you describe does not work to document how a person has built his or her case that this person is realated to another in some way, shape, or form.
Citing a source to a name only documents what the name is, not what his or relationship to anyone is.