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How do I combine my sister's personal FamilySearch account with the profile in my family tree?

Gary Eubank II
Gary Eubank II ✭
March 16, 2023 edited July 11, 2024 in Family Tree

Hope that made sense! I had previously entered a profile for my sister in the tree and it was assigned, obviously, an ID. My very much "Living" sister later signed up for her own FamilySearch account and was assigned a different ID. How do we combine the 2 accounts? I can't find her personal account to merge, assuming because she is alive and her profile is protected. Any suggestions are appreciated!

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 16, 2023

    You can't combine profiles for living people; as you surmise, they're protected, for privacy. Each of you will have different IDs for each other in your accounts, and you'll each need to make your own edits to your profiles. You'll connect to the shared tree with your deceased relatives.

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  • dontiknowyou
    dontiknowyou ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 16, 2023

    After someone dies, sometimes a whole slew of duplicate profiles pop out into the public tree space, where they eventually get merged.

    Some contributors here populate their private tree space with a lot of information about living relatives. Some contributors do not enter any information about living relatives. What you do is your choice, and is independent of what your sister does.

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  • lyleblunttoronto1
    lyleblunttoronto1 ✭✭✭✭
    March 17, 2023

    Here is a brief document that may answer more quiestions.

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/what-is-a-private-space-in-family-tree

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