How is it that anyone can create deceased profiles of people on here that already exist? This person has listed me as an immediate relative which I am not. Recreated profiles using my photos of my deceased relatives and now those profiles show up in google search
I am very disturbed and upset by this. It seems he is doing this to others as well by the comments on his profile page.
How can this be rectified and the profiles he has wrongly created be deleted?
Anyone have suggestions?
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Jeff, Geni Curator Julia, someone creating a duplicate branch is often normal within families, which we then merge them on Geni into a single cohesive tree. Deceased persons are public, so if there is a picture attached, then it would be visible to search engines. If there are duplicates we can merge them, giving you some control over the contents and if the person is not related, you can remove them as a manager. I don't see any duplicates in your close family - can you point out what profiles you're speaking of?
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Julia (Cereda) Ferguson Andriessen This first link is what comes up now when I do a search on my Aunt Margie's name on google. I have no idea who the creator of the account is - one Alexander M. Bishop. He has created an account for my deceased cousin, Jennifer, Margie's daughter as well. I used to have the upgraded account and it was easier for me to go in and make changes so I don't know if having a geni basic account affects my editing abilities. It doesn't show up as a duplicate for me to contact him and merge. I guess that is what initially confused me. Accounts with the same names and info I uploaded in 2008 that this person created in 2016 but not showing up as duplicates.
His Margaret and Jennifer accounts:
https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Margie-Watrous/6000000042311765096
https://www.geni.com/people/Jennifer-Watrous/6000000042311572426?through=6000000042311765096
The links below is to the accounts I set up in 2008.
https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Watrous/6000000000013503615
I would like to find a way to have this account and my deceased cousin Jennifer's account sorted out at the very least. If this person isn't a relative I don't know why they are building out random trees. If they are an unknown relative to me than I would like the accounts to be merged with me having managing control since mine have been online for 8 years.
Jen's account is https://www.geni.com/people/Jennnifer-Watrous-Carter/6000000000013716193?through=6000000000013503615
I appreciate your response Jeff and hope this can be sorted to everyone's benefit.
Kindly, Julia -
Jeff, Geni Curator Julia, I've merged the duplicates and it was a nice expansion to your tree connecting in more ancestry on Edna.
One thing I wasn't sure about though that you'll want to review is a ex-spouse for Eddie. Alexander had a wife named Leonore Guccione, which is sourced to a California 2yr marriage starting on Sep 9 1973. I wasn't sure if this was the same person as Lynn, who appears to have a birth name of DeLotto. I assume they are different people, so now Eddie has three partners.
I didn't find any close connection to Alexander, so I'm not sure why he build that part of the tree. Maybe he was building it on behalf of a friend (I do this myself all the time). In any case, since he is outside the family group, you can remove him as a manager (if you like, though it's not hurting anything). To do so, go to the Actions menu of the profile and select Manager Options and click the [x] on his name.
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Jeff, Geni Curator You may want to send a message to Alexander and ask him about the connection / research he's done.
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Laura Parker What about a stranger who has managed to insert his family into my family tree???? He apparently has a lot of extra time as several other people have complained about his "fixes", He claims to be a relative (very, very distant), but he is not. His claim comes thru a supposed wife, but he does not appear to have one. He placed his wife's last name as the sister of one of my daughters and HER HUSBAND.
His name is Guy Khmelnitsky.
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