Ok this one works for me but seems to make everything an associate of the name in A1 regardless of if an association has been created or not

Maybe me trying to explain myself poorly as usual

The names in row A are just a list of names - if they have an associate then that associate is put in column b,c,d and so on

So the name in A1 may not be associated to the name in A2 and so on unless thier name appears in column b,c,d etc

I also noted that some of the associations created are incorrect, is this due to them all going through the name in A1?

Sorry if i havnt been clear as to what i need