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General
Known Issues
Frequently Asked Questions
Consistency Checker
- What is the "Ancestor loop detected" inconsistency?
- What is the Geni Consistency Checker?
- How To Resolve Inconsistencies
- How can I use the Consistency Checker to verify a relationship on Geni?
- What is the "Person is too old to be alive" inconsistency?
- What is the "Birth date is after death date" inconsistency?
Login & Invitations
- What is Geni?
- How do I sign up for Geni?
- Lost Password
- Why can't I login?
- Why am I not receiving my requested password reset email?
- How do I Enable Two-Factor Authentication?
Subscription
- How do I contact Geni about my subscription?
- Is Geni free?
- What are the benefits of a Geni Pro membership?
- How much is a Geni Pro subscription?
- How To: Try Geni Pro for Free
- What payment methods does Geni accept?
Privacy
- Can curators edit and merge private profiles?
- Problem with a page on Geni?
- What profiles are private?
- What are public profiles?
- How do I control what is listed publicly?
- How can I block another Geni user?
Curators
Family Tree
- What is the World Family Tree?
- How do I add someone to my tree?
- Family Tree Legend
- How can I connect profiles I've added to an existing branch?
- How can I add adoptive/foster parents to the tree?
- How do I create an unconnected family tree branch?
Profile
- What is the Genealogical Proof Standard?
- What is the Birth Surname field?
- How do I view my profile?
- How do I add multilingual names and biographies to a profile?
- What is a Master Profile?
- How can I update an email address on a profile?
Merging
- How To: Use Tree Matches
- How do I merge duplicate profiles?
- How do I merge by inviting a relative with their email address?
- How do I drag and drop profiles in the tree to merge duplicates?
- How do I use "Resolve Duplicates" in the Tree?
- How do I use "Merge This Profile"?
Record Matches & Smart Matches™
- What are Record Matches?
- What are Smart Matches™?
- What are Value Indicators?
- Why is there a red magnifying glass on a confirmed match?
- What is a MyHeritage Data subscription?
- How do I confirm matches?
DNA
- ★ How do I link Family Tree DNA test results to my profile?
- I've linked my FTDNA account but my Geni profile shows no results. Why not?
- How do I link Family Tree DNA test results to a relative's profile?
- What if I've linked a Family Tree DNA kit to the wrong profile?
- Where can I find my DNA Matches list?
- Autosomal Match Quality
Documents
- How can I add a Document?
- How do I tag a profile to a document?
- How To: Make Documents Useful
- How do I make a public document private?
- How can I save a document?
- How do I convert photos to documents?
Photos & Videos
- How do I upload my photos?
- How do I identify relatives in a photo?
- How can I access photo albums?
- How do I turn off photo captions?
- How do I upload a new profile photo?
- How do I rotate a photo?
Projects
- What is a Project?
- How do I create a Project?
- How can I add profiles to a project?
- How do I add photos to a project?
- How do I set a project photo?
- How do I add documents to a project?
Discussions
Notifications
- What are Discussions updates and who receives those?
- How can I view my inbox messages?
- How can I view my notifications?
- How can I view my requests?
- How can I send another user a message?
- How can I change which people I am notified about?
Reporting Profiles
- What are the reasons for reporting a profile, image / document, project, etc?
- How do I report a profile?
- How do I report a profile as Deceased?
- What is a Claimed Historical Profile?
- What is Spam?
- What is a Vandalism report?
GEDCOM
- Can I import a GEDCOM into Geni?
- Is GEDCOM Import free?
- Is there a limit to what I can import into Geni with a GEDCOM?
- What is the "GEDCOM import in progress" icon in the tree?
- How do I handle matches during my GEDCOM import?
- Can I undo a GEDCOM import?
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Languages
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User Stats
Video Tips and Tricks
Geni Public Access
Partner Apps
Geni has joined the MyHeritage Family
- What is MyHeritage?
- What does this mean for Geni?
- How will the two websites operate?
- How will this affect my Geni membership?
- Will Geni’s privacy policy change?
- Will MyHeritage users be able to access my Geni tree?