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Geni's statistics show "before" date as -6354

Erica Howton

January 27, 2016 22:15

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Better if we ask Geni to fix it's system for estimating dates than starting to be deceptive about the actual information. Clint Stephen Prong Today at 2:26 PM Managers of Joane Foote, I am contacting you about this profile: http://www.geni.com/people/Joane-Foote/6000000000770294731 Joanne Foote is listed with a birthday of before May 11, 1555 . Usage of before messes up the age calculations in Geni. Here is what Geni's statistics has for her: Joane Foote - 6346 years (-4713-1634) Clearly, she did not live -6346 years. Can her birthdate be changed to circa instead of before, or can just the year be given instead? Sincerely, Clint Stephen Prong Joane (Brooke) Foote

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  Erica Howton January 27, 2016 22:23

  See also public discussion http://www.geni.com/discussions/114242?msg=1066519
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  Erica Howton January 27, 2016 22:28

  Where the bad date is seen: I click: Family menu and choose Statistics. Then I click the Ancestors tab. I see this info under average life expectancy. Currently, Joane Foote had the longest lifespan for any female ancestor of mine with -6346 years.
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  Erica Howton January 27, 2016 22:42

  And FYI my test http://www.geni.com/statistics ancestors tab shows Average Life Expectancy Male -7 Female -53 Longest Lifespans John Stewart - 6486 years (-4713-1773) Mary (Greenway) Millett - 6394 years (-4713-1682)
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  David Prins January 27, 2016 22:43

  See also http://help.geni.com/entries/22748605-Using-Before-on-birth-creates-wild-family-statistics-

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  John Dale Kessel January 28, 2016 06:00

  Looks like "before" is treated as the date as far back as it can go...  -4713 is the start of the Julian calendar.
  
  Maybe for these fun statistics Geni can maybe treat "before" as if it was "exact" possibly?

  I noticed that if i use "before" for a death date it seems to not even calculate age.  I do not even see it on their profile page. That is good I guess.   If someone was born in 1800 and we didn't know a death date for them and we simply entered in "before" 2016 I don't know if i'd want the system saying he was 216 years old. :-)  Maybe the "before" should be totally ignored when used for birth as well and the system should not even include it in any age calculations.

  Although...  When I view my 92nd great-grandfather on the tree, Zeus, http://www.geni.com/people/Zeus-Iuppiter-Jupiter/6000000011217026992  it looks like it says he lived to be 243-259 years old...  :-)  I wonder how that gets treated for those fun statistics.