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What do changes in Famous Relatives mean??

Richard Bigg
Richard Bigg ✭
December 5, 2022 in General Questions

When you sent me a list of famous relatives, I had 30 or 31 famous leaders. Since then, over months, the list has dropped to 19. What does this mean? Were there mistakes in the family trees? Does this mean that the ones that are no longer listed are NOT relatives???

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  • Maile L
    Maile L mod
    December 5, 2022

    moderator note – Your post was edited to remove personally identifiable information. For more information, please see the Code of Conduct.

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  • Chas Howell
    Chas Howell ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 5, 2022 edited December 5, 2022

    The Famous Relatives notice is only as good as the underlying database and that is a work in progress. Don't take Famous Relatives too seriously.

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  • Graham Buckell
    Graham Buckell mod
    December 6, 2022

    To amplify what @Chas Howell has said, often the links to famous relatives are via common ancestors many generations back. Links that far back are often not well documented and can be subjective. Someone may come along and, taking a different view, change links and bang goes one or more famous relatives. If you want to take it seriously (not recommended), take screen shots of links so that you can go back and review what happened if the link disappears.

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