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Consistency Checker
- 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 Alive Too Old inconsistency?
- What is the Birth After Death inconsistency?
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- What is the World Family Tree?
- How do I add someone to my tree?
- How can I add adoptive/foster parents to the tree?
- How do I edit an existing parent conflict to set biological/adoptive parents?
- How can I show more than one relationship between the same two people?
- How do I remove a Cycle? See all 38 articles
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Merging
- How To: Use Tree Matches
- How do I merge duplicate profiles?
- Where can I find general information about merging?
- What are data conflicts and how do I resolve them?
- How can I view revisions on a merged profile?
- What does the Yellow Triangle in the lower left hand corner of a node mean? See all 15 articles
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- ★ 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?
- Where can I find my DNA Matches list?
- 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?
- How can I view Shared Matches with a DNA Match? See all 11 articles