Hello ;)
I just noticed a public member tree on Ancestry which listed my father, including dates & places of birth, marriage & death, & occupation (slightly incorrect but no matter). I sent a quick email to the tree owner asking how she was related and got a very vague reply about him being a distant relative of her grandmother.
A couple of emails later on I got the impression she had no clue whatsover what the link was, so after a half hour study of her tree with the help of FTM 2011 & a pencil & paper, I worked out that her grandmother was the 1st cousin 1x removed of the husband of the 3rd cousin 1x removed of my mother, and as such no relation whatsover to my father.
I guess some poeople just like to fill in whatever blanks they can, but I still think this takes it a bit far.
Liz
I just noticed a public member tree on Ancestry which listed my father, including dates & places of birth, marriage & death, & occupation (slightly incorrect but no matter). I sent a quick email to the tree owner asking how she was related and got a very vague reply about him being a distant relative of her grandmother.
A couple of emails later on I got the impression she had no clue whatsover what the link was, so after a half hour study of her tree with the help of FTM 2011 & a pencil & paper, I worked out that her grandmother was the 1st cousin 1x removed of the husband of the 3rd cousin 1x removed of my mother, and as such no relation whatsover to my father.
I guess some poeople just like to fill in whatever blanks they can, but I still think this takes it a bit far.
Liz
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