diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumConnectors.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumConnectors.svelte
index 624323ca..57acf7df 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumConnectors.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumConnectors.svelte
@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@ const parentLinks = $derived.by<ParentLinks>(() => {
 	{@const aCenter = nodeCenter(group.parentA)}
 	{@const bCenter = nodeCenter(group.parentB)}
 	{@const childCenters = group.childIds
-		.map((id) => nodeCenter(id))
-		.filter((c): c is { x: number; y: number } => c !== null)}
+		.map((id) => {
+			const c = nodeCenter(id);
+			return c ? { id, x: c.x, y: c.y } : null;
+		})
+		.filter((c): c is { id: string; x: number; y: number } => c !== null)}
 	{#if aCenter && bCenter && childCenters.length > 0}
 		{@const midX = (aCenter.x + bCenter.x) / 2}
 		{@const parentBottomY = aCenter.y + NODE_H / 2}
@@ -138,13 +141,14 @@ const parentLinks = $derived.by<ParentLinks>(() => {
 				/>
 			{/if}
 		</g>
-		{#each childCenters as cc, i (group.childIds[i])}
+		{#each childCenters as cc (cc.id)}
 			<!-- Each vertical joins the parent pair to one child: active only when
 			     both parents and that child are active, so the same bar can stay lit
-			     to the lineage child while dimming to a collateral sibling. -->
+			     to the lineage child while dimming to a collateral sibling. The child
+			     id rides on the centre object, so it never desyncs from the filtered
+			     centres (a child without a position drops out of both together). -->
 			{@const childActive =
-				isConnectorActive(group.parentA, group.childIds[i]) &&
-				isConnectorActive(group.parentB, group.childIds[i])}
+				isConnectorActive(group.parentA, cc.id) && isConnectorActive(group.parentB, cc.id)}
 			<g class="lineage-fade" opacity={connectorOpacity(childActive)}>
 				<line
 					x1={cc.x}