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Rubbish Trees

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Deanna

Deanna Report 29 Nov 2009 10:55

I agree that some people do do their 'own thing' with their trees, but....
I have made mistakes in my tree which I find difficult to alter.
I have my granddad married to my granny...TWICE!
Then there are the a couple of ancestors who have become parents well before puberty...;-0)
The thing is that once a mistake has been made it is difficult to rectify without deleting half the tree....
If GR made it easier for me, and many like me, we could sort ourselves out.
Perhaps the tree you mention is also trapped in this design fault?
Anyway, GR will help you if you ask them, good luck.
Deanna X

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 29 Nov 2009 10:39

If it's a GR, you can ask GR to remove living individuals off her tree if she's refused so far.

Linda

Linda Report 29 Nov 2009 10:06

Does anyone else have this problem?
I contacted someone who has me in her tree, without my permission I might add, to see if we were related. She proudly showed me her tree and it was a load of rubbish. Practically every year of birth was wrong, but worse than that, she'd mixed up all the cousins and turned two families into one.
I pointed all this out to her, months ago and she promised to alter it, but she's still merrily passing it on for other people to copy. Now I'm in more trees than the Christmas fairy and apparently I have a sister, who I've never heard of.
What would you do?