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Jennifer Livingston_1
Jennifer Livingston_1 ✭
August 2 in Family Tree

I am frustrated because one ancestor was changed on my pedigree and it of course changed all the ancestors past that. I have no idea of knowing which ancestor is actually correct. It's interesting though because I show up as a desendangt for both of the ancestors though only one can be right and only one shows up on my pedigree.

How did it get changed? How can I change it back? There are no notes about anything being changed and no documents to support the change attached to this persons file.

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 2 Answer ✓

    It sounds like someone had an extra parent or parents added. In such cases, pedigree charts show the parent who is marked "preferred" in your account; if you've never looked at those profiles to set that "preferred" status, then it defaults to the relationship that was most recently edited.

    I believe the setting can be changed from one of the two pedigree chart views (landscape or portrait), but I basically never use those, so I don't remember which one it is or what the setting even looks like. What I do know is that you can change the setting from the child's profile details page, where it is located at the top left of the Family Members section.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    August 2

    If you want to share the PID of the ancestor in question, someone can help you take a look at the changelog to see what was changed and when.

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  • Hayter David
    Hayter David mod
    August 2

    Unfortunately it's regarded as one world tree belonging to all of us. We agreed to it when we signed up. Sadly well intentioned people do make a bit of a hash. We've all been there. You can put comments on individuals on the tree to try and show people what's right and wrong. Also you can add a gedcom file that cannot be adjusted, only deleted by you.

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  • Jennifer Livingston_1
    Jennifer Livingston_1 ✭
    August 3

    Thank you all so much for your help. I was able to go in through his son at put in my preference for the previously listed father. I also was able to see who edited the document and I reached out to that person. I would like to see what evidence supports the changes he made.

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