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MNuttall
MNuttall ✭✭✭
December 3 in Family Tree

Hello.

I'm wondering why/how FamilySearch is making relationship changes to my grandmother's profile?

See Vivian Hastings Female1897–1977•KWZD-NZN

On September 24, November 11 and again on November 23, a duplicate mother-child relationship was added to Vivian Hastings - that is, Mary Ann Lemmon KWVL-S2L was added a second time as a mother, without a spouse.

If you could provide some kind of explanation, I would appreciate it.

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  • Bryan54
    Bryan54 ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 4 edited December 4 Answer ✓

    Vivian Hastings KWZD-NZN

    @MNuttall

    Do you have the "Improved Person Change Log" experiment turned on in FamilySearch Labs? If so, try turning it off and see if that resolves the issue.

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  • Mark McKenzie_1
    Mark McKenzie_1 ✭✭✭
    December 3

    @MNuttall When you said FamilySearch was making changes I was surprised so thought I'd check it out… I do see the changes you mentioned, but they were made by other FamilySearch contributors, not FamilySearch writ large

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  • MNuttall
    MNuttall ✭✭✭
    December 3

    No, the contributor is FamilySearch and when you click on the link this is what you see:

    FamilySearch

    Change made by authorized support staff or as part of an update.

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  • Nyx773
    Nyx773 ✭✭
    December 3 edited December 4

    The change log states that (names removed) made those 3 particular changes on September 24, November 11 and November 23

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/changelog/KWZD-NZN

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  • Mark McKenzie_1
    Mark McKenzie_1 ✭✭✭
    December 4 edited December 4

    https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/613532#Comment_613532

    I hadn't seen that kind of thing before, but sometimes strange things happen. This is what I'm seeing. Keep sending what you see and are experiencing. I'm sure we can help to sort it out

    Screenshot 2025-12-03 200606.png

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  • sc woz
    sc woz mod
    December 4

    @Nyx773

    Mod note: a post was edited to remove code violations. Please see the Community Code of Conduct. 

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  • Nyx773
    Nyx773 ✭✭
    December 4 edited December 4

    @sc woz Oops. Sorry! "username" should be added to #8 in the code of conduct.

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    @MNuttall Exactly which link are you clicking? Please post a screenshot. On that profile, I only see that message if I click on who designated her as female.

    The change log I linked in my previous comment is accessible from the "Details" tab: on the right-hand side, scroll down to the box marked "Latest Changes" and click "Show All". I'd post a screenshot, but it seems that yesterday changes were made by yet another user (different from yourself and the 3 who I originally listed in my previous comment).

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  • MNuttall
    MNuttall ✭✭✭
    December 4

    @Bryan54 - Thanks for the tip! Turning off the improved Change Log experience now reveals the contributors who made the relationship changes. It seems to me that hiding the contributor's ID in an "improved" change log is counter-productive.

    Anyway, thank you for your help.

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  • MandyShaw1
    MandyShaw1 ✭✭✭✭✭
    5:43AM edited 5:43AM

    I have linked to this post on a similar query in the dedicated Improved Person Change Log group, here:

    https://community.familysearch.org/discussion/183747/what-does-it-mean-when-it-says-change-made-by-authorized-support-staff-or-as-part-of-an-update
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