diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 6684129..3ee26d7 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ Users install/upgrade on their own machine with
 - **Dependency table shows the shortest path, not a level number.**
   `_paths()` does a breadth-first walk from the root; `Dep.path` is the list
   of package names on the *shortest* path (empty = direct, so a package that
-  is both direct and transitive is direct). The `via` column renders it as
-  `A -> B` (`→` in HTML) with `(+N)` for further direct parents from
-  `Dep.parents`. Rows sort on (depth, path, host before build, name). The
-  tree section keeps graph order and shows every path.
+  is both direct and transitive is direct). `Dep.paths` holds one path per
+  direct parent (shortest path to that parent + parent) – bounded, unlike
+  "all paths". The `via` column renders them one per line as `A -> B`
+  (`→`/`<br>` in HTML); `_table()` supports multi-line cells. Rows sort on
+  (depth, path, host before build, name). The tree section keeps graph order.
 - **Only the remote counts, and the source is always shown.** Conan says
   `Cache` for a locally cached binary without asking the remote, so
   `_RemoteIndex` verifies cache hits with `search_packages` on the remote.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e303467..224d566 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,12 +92,13 @@ profile: arch=x86_64, compiler=gcc, compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11, compiler.versio
 
 Dependencies (4) and binary availability
 
-package     via          ctx   Release   Debug     RelWithDebInfo
------------------------------------------------------------------
-MyDepA/1.0  -            host  myremote  myremote  myremote
-MyDepB/1.0  -            host  myremote  myremote  myremote
-boost/1.8   MyDepA (+1)  host  myremote  myremote  myremote
-Zigma/1.0   MyDepB       host  myremote  myremote  MISSING
+package     via              ctx   Release   Debug     RelWithDebInfo
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+MyDepA/1.0  -                host  myremote  myremote  myremote
+MyDepB/1.0  -                host  myremote  myremote  myremote
+boost/1.8   MyDepA           host  myremote  myremote  myremote
+            MyDepB -> Zigma
+Zigma/1.0   MyDepB           host  myremote  myremote  MISSING
 
 Missing binaries (1)
 
@@ -129,11 +130,12 @@ the same colour coding.
 
 Reading the table: the `via` column is the shortest path from your conanfile
 to the package – `-` for a direct dependency, `MyDepB` for something MyDepB
-requires, `MyDepB -> Zigma` for something Zigma requires, and so on. `(+N)`
-means N other packages also require it directly (boost above is pulled in by
-both MyDepA and Zigma); the dependency hierarchy section shows every path.
-Rows are sorted direct-first, then by path, so a branch's transitive
-dependencies stay together.
+requires, `MyDepB -> Zigma` for something Zigma requires, and so on. A
+package required by several others gets one line per parent (boost above is
+pulled in by both MyDepA and Zigma), shortest path first. Rows are sorted
+direct-first, then by path, so a branch's transitive dependencies stay
+together; the dependency hierarchy section at the end shows the same
+information as a tree.
 
 
 * a remote name (e.g. `myremote`) – the remote has a binary for the package_id your
diff --git a/conandeps.py b/conandeps.py
index 6928614..a8de228 100755
--- a/conandeps.py
+++ b/conandeps.py
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ class Dep:
     path: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     # Names of every package that directly requires this one (all paths).
     parents: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    # One path per direct parent: shortest path to that parent plus the
+    # parent itself.  Bounded by the number of parents, unlike "all paths".
+    paths: List[List[str]] = field(default_factory=list)
     build_require: bool = False
     requires: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)  # names of its own requirements
     settings: Dict[str, str] = field(default_factory=dict)
@@ -303,9 +306,14 @@ def _collect(
         if not dep.depth or depth < dep.depth:
             dep.depth, dep.path = depth, path
         for edge in node.dependants:
-            parent = "your conanfile" if edge.src is root else edge.src.ref.name
+            if edge.src is root:
+                parent, via = "your conanfile", []
+            else:
+                parent = edge.src.ref.name
+                via = paths.get(_node_key(edge.src), []) + [parent]
             if parent not in dep.parents:
                 dep.parents.append(parent)
+                dep.paths.append(via)
         dep.build_require = dep.build_require or any(e.build_require for e in node.dependants)
         for edge in node.dependencies:
             name = edge.dst.ref.name
@@ -508,18 +516,27 @@ def _visible_len(text: str) -> int:
 
 
 def _table(headers: List[str], rows: List[List[str]], pal: _Palette) -> List[str]:
-    """Render a column-aligned text table; cells may contain ANSI colour codes."""
+    """Render a column-aligned text table.
+
+    Cells may contain ANSI colour codes (alignment uses the visible width) and
+    newlines: a multi-line cell spreads the row over several lines, with the
+    other columns left blank on the continuation lines.
+    """
+    split_rows = [[c.split("\n") for c in row] for row in rows]
     widths = [len(h) for h in headers]
-    for row in rows:
-        for i, cell in enumerate(row):
-            widths[i] = max(widths[i], _visible_len(cell))
+    for row in split_rows:
+        for i, cell_lines in enumerate(row):
+            widths[i] = max([widths[i]] + [_visible_len(line) for line in cell_lines])
 
     def fmt(cells: List[str]) -> str:
         padded = [c + " " * (widths[i] - _visible_len(c)) for i, c in enumerate(cells)]
         return "  ".join(padded).rstrip()
 
     lines = [pal.bold(fmt(headers)), "-" * (sum(widths) + 2 * (len(widths) - 1))]
-    lines.extend(fmt(r) for r in rows)
+    for row in split_rows:
+        height = max(len(cell_lines) for cell_lines in row)
+        for n in range(height):
+            lines.append(fmt([cell[n] if n < len(cell) else "" for cell in row]))
     return lines
 
 
@@ -539,17 +556,17 @@ def _override_kind(o: Override) -> str:
     return "explicit (override=True)" if o.explicit else "implicit (newer requirement downstream)"
 
 
-def _via(dep: Dep, arrow: str = " -> ") -> str:
-    """Shortest path to the package: '-' for direct, 'A -> B' for consumer -> A -> B -> pkg.
+def _via(dep: Dep, arrow: str = " -> ", newline: str = "\n") -> str:
+    """How the package is reached: '-' for direct, otherwise one line per path.
 
-    ``(+N)`` marks N further packages that also require it directly; the
-    dependency hierarchy section shows every path in full.
+    ``A -> B`` means consumer -> A -> B -> pkg.  A package required by several
+    others gets one line per parent (shortest path to that parent), shortest
+    first.
     """
     if dep.direct:
         return "-"
-    via = arrow.join(dep.path)
-    extra = len(dep.parents) - 1
-    return via + (" (+%d)" % extra if extra > 0 else "")
+    paths = sorted(dep.paths, key=lambda p: (len(p), [x.lower() for x in p]))
+    return newline.join(arrow.join(p) for p in paths)
 
 
 def render_text(report: Report, color: bool = False) -> str:
@@ -668,7 +685,7 @@ def render_html(report: Report) -> str:
     w("<h2>Dependencies (%d) and binary availability</h2>" % len(report.deps))
     rows = []
     for dep in report.deps.values():
-        row = [e(dep.ref), e(_via(dep, " \u2192 ")), e(dep.context)]
+        row = [e(dep.ref), e(_via(dep, " \u2192 ")).replace("\n", "<br>"), e(dep.context)]
         for bt in report.build_types:
             status, pid, remote = dep.binaries[bt]
             cls = {"Remote": "ok", "Missing": "missing", "CacheOnly": "cacheonly"}.get(status, "na")
diff --git a/tests/test_conandeps.py b/tests/test_conandeps.py
index a65be48..dca9569 100644
--- a/tests/test_conandeps.py
+++ b/tests/test_conandeps.py
@@ -242,8 +242,10 @@ def test_sorted_by_path(report):
         ("libbar/1.1", ["libfoo"]),
         ("libdeep/1.0", ["libfoo", "libbar"]),
     ]
-    # libqux is required by both the consumer and libbaz -> two parents.
+    # libqux is required by both the consumer and libbaz -> two parents, but
+    # it is direct, so the via column just says "-".
     assert sorted(report.deps["libqux#host"].parents) == ["libbaz", "your conanfile"]
+    assert conandeps._via(report.deps["libqux#host"]) == "-"
     text = conandeps.render_text(report)
     assert re.search(r"hdr/1\.0\s+-\s+host", text)
     assert re.search(r"libbar/1\.1\s+libfoo\s+host", text)
@@ -253,6 +255,24 @@ def test_sorted_by_path(report):
     assert "<td>libdeep/1.0</td><td>libfoo \u2192 libbar</td><td>host</td>" in page
 
 
+def test_via_lists_every_parent_path():
+    boost = conandeps.Dep(ref="boost/1.8", context="host", depth=2, path=["MyDepA"])
+    boost.parents = ["MyDepA", "Zigma"]
+    boost.paths = [["MyDepA"], ["MyDepB", "Zigma"]]
+    assert conandeps._via(boost) == "MyDepA\nMyDepB -> Zigma"
+    assert conandeps._via(boost, " > ", "; ") == "MyDepA; MyDepB > Zigma"
+    # Multi-line cells spread the row; other columns stay aligned and blank.
+    lines = conandeps._table(
+        ["package", "via", "ctx"],
+        [["boost/1.8", conandeps._via(boost), "host"]],
+        conandeps._Palette(False),
+    )
+    assert lines[2:] == [
+        "boost/1.8  MyDepA           host",
+        "           MyDepB -> Zigma",
+    ]
+
+
 def test_missing_binaries(report):
     missing = {d.ref: d.missing() for d in report.deps.values() if d.missing()}
     assert missing == {"libbar/1.1": ["Debug", "RelWithDebInfo"]}