Does this slight variation in the outliner represent a different hierarchical connection?
See Pic.
Yes – Spine1_CONTRL1
and Spine2_CNTRL_GRP
are both siblings and both children of Spine1_CNTRL1_GRP
whereas all of the items above that in the hierarchy have only one child each
The likely difference is that as shown here, if you move Spine1_CNTRL1
, Spine2_CNTRL_GRP
would not move.