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Bonnie G. Bailey
Bonnie G. Bailey ✭
February 11, 2022 edited July 16, 2024 in Family Tree

Jacob Funk L1CD-ND8 appears to have the wrong sex. Does anyone feel like there is enough information to request this be changed. It appears it was entered from a GEDCOM. There are no sources on her/him but 28 on her/his father that actually seem to belong to multiple people. Is it worth pursuing?

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  • JBPurdie
    JBPurdie mod
    February 18, 2022 Answer ✓

    @Bonnie G. Bailey

    I took a look at the person you mentioned and history of the contributions.

    Just a thought have you tried messaging the person who uploaded the GECOM file that is where the problem is.

    The message will get to them through the system.

    Hope this helps

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  • JBPurdie
    JBPurdie mod
    February 11, 2022

    Family Tree allows you to edit the sex of a person. 

    If a person is linked to another person as a spouse or parent, you cannot set the sex as unknown.

    Steps (website)

    1. Navigate to the Person page of the individual for whom you want to correct the sex. 
    2. Click Details. 
    3. In the Vitals section, for the sex, click Edit. 
    4. Click the correct sex. 
    5. Explain why your information is correct in the reason statement. If the existing reasoning is applicable, leave the existing explanation, and add your own comments. 
    6. Click Save. 


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  • Bonnie G. Bailey
    Bonnie G. Bailey ✭
    February 12, 2022

    I was hoping someone would look at Jacob's L1CD-ND8 person page and his father's and mother's and see if they can find anything to substantiate either sex for Jacob.

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  • Bonnie G. Bailey
    Bonnie G. Bailey ✭
    February 19, 2022

    Thank you for looking at the record. That's a great idea. I'll try messaging the contributer. Thank you again.

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