Can anyone explain to me how this works in practice.
As I understood it, it seemed to be practice on any family tree software for someone born within the last 90 years, without there being a date of death given, that there details would not be there for the world to see on the internet. I thought that if someone in your family was invited, would they when have access to all information you have on your tree and would they have access to information that was not published to the internet?
On Genes Reunited, on some trees I have been able to follow information to the present day and on other trees people have been hidden. Why is this, do Genes Reunited do the hiding for you on living relatives, unless you have to opt out.
I must admit that I am so glad my cousin put two and two together on Ancestry and thought I probably was his cousin and contacted me as we had common ancestors, but I am a bit bothered about just how far some systems go to maintain privacy.
As I understood it, it seemed to be practice on any family tree software for someone born within the last 90 years, without there being a date of death given, that there details would not be there for the world to see on the internet. I thought that if someone in your family was invited, would they when have access to all information you have on your tree and would they have access to information that was not published to the internet?
On Genes Reunited, on some trees I have been able to follow information to the present day and on other trees people have been hidden. Why is this, do Genes Reunited do the hiding for you on living relatives, unless you have to opt out.
I must admit that I am so glad my cousin put two and two together on Ancestry and thought I probably was his cousin and contacted me as we had common ancestors, but I am a bit bothered about just how far some systems go to maintain privacy.
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