diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/layout/buildLayout.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/layout/buildLayout.test.ts
index 75efeb49..7923519d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/layout/buildLayout.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/layout/buildLayout.test.ts
@@ -405,3 +405,59 @@ describe('buildLayout — cross-level marriage fallback (#724)', () => {
 		expect(layout.positions.get(B)).toBeDefined();
 	});
 });
+
+function centerX(layout: ReturnType<typeof buildLayout>, id: string): number {
+	return layout.positions.get(id)!.x + NODE_W / 2;
+}
+
+describe('buildLayout — named-bug guard: deep bloodline (#724)', () => {
+	// A 5-generation single bloodline whose deepest generation fans out wide.
+	// The OLD per-generation packer (now removed) stranded the apex ancestor at
+	// the LEFT edge of its descendants — the Albert/Martin symptom. The bottom-up
+	// tidy-tree centres every ancestor over the span of its descendants.
+	const gg = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000f0'; // G0 great-great-grandparent
+	const g = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000f1'; // G1
+	const p = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000f2'; // G2
+	const d = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000f3'; // G3
+	const leaves = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'].map(
+		(s, i) => `00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000${(0xf4 + i).toString(16)}`
+	);
+
+	function buildBloodline() {
+		return buildLayout(
+			[
+				node(gg, 'gg', 0),
+				node(g, 'g', 1),
+				node(p, 'p', 2),
+				node(d, 'd', 3),
+				...leaves.map((id, i) => node(id, `leaf-${i}`, 4))
+			],
+			[
+				parentEdge(gg, g, 'e1'),
+				parentEdge(g, p, 'e2'),
+				parentEdge(p, d, 'e3'),
+				...leaves.map((id, i) => parentEdge(d, id, `el${i}`))
+			]
+		);
+	}
+
+	it('great_great_grandparent_is_not_stranded_left_of_descendants', () => {
+		const layout = buildBloodline();
+		const leafCenters = leaves.map((id) => centerX(layout, id));
+		const minLeaf = Math.min(...leafCenters);
+		const maxLeaf = Math.max(...leafCenters);
+		const ggX = centerX(layout, gg);
+
+		// The apex ancestor sits strictly inside its descendant span — not pinned
+		// to the left edge as the old packer left it.
+		expect(ggX).toBeGreaterThan(minLeaf);
+		expect(ggX).toBeLessThan(maxLeaf);
+		// In fact it sits exactly at the centre of the descendant fan-out, and so
+		// does every ancestor in the chain (single-child chains inherit the centre).
+		const mid = (minLeaf + maxLeaf) / 2;
+		expect(ggX).toBe(mid);
+		expect(centerX(layout, g)).toBe(mid);
+		expect(centerX(layout, p)).toBe(mid);
+		expect(centerX(layout, d)).toBe(mid);
+	});
+});