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What a mess...... family trees that don't belong together.

Tia Whitney

August 27, 2013 03:52

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#1   why would I want to pay to ask a question of how to fix a huge mess that has been made by someone who does not belong in my family tree.

#2  Why can't those of us in basic actually reach a curator or someone who can actually help with these huge messes instead of leave the wrong information out there that other people are taking as the truth and then putting it onto other family trees.   I have spent 40 years collecting valid proof and it was for nothing when there is no way to correct what other people are merging with incorrect trees.   Am I frustrated with the Geni site??? Yes !!!!!   Why are you not helping us post truth instead of keeping lies on the site?  Can you not see by those of us who post our frustration that there are many more out there that give up and quit.   I have had to tell my family at our family reunion NOT to trust the  information entered on this site.  Is that what type of reputation you want???   Oh and by the way,  I have no sisters but someone listed that I did (not related to me).   It also shows that I have two sets of parents, one set I have never heard of.  Hmmm.   Don't ask us to contact the manager of the wrong info......they don't know how to fix it or some haven't been on the site for many years.     Geni , you have been on line too long to still have a confusing and user UNfriendly website.  Consider stepping up and make your site worthy of truthful information.    

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  Eric Randol Schoenberg, Geni Curator August 27, 2013 04:05

  I removed your false sister.  What else can we do for you?  All mistakes can be fixed pretty easily.  That's usually what makes Geni so good. 

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  Tia Whitney August 27, 2013 04:13

  Randy,   no, I'm sorry it is too hard to get help.     But if you are will to help me,  the Kunzman's are not related to me in any way.  My parents are Don Whitney and Laura Harvey.

  Also my cousin and I are in complete agreement that Joshua B. Whitney is not proven as Charles Wesley Whitney's father.  We have spoken with our family manager and she doesn't know how to undo the merging she did from Joshua B. Whitney and back further.   My father's DNA proves that the Whitney family she has listed is incorrect.   I would really appreciate help with this.

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  Tia Whitney August 27, 2013 04:16

  Charles Wesley Whitney is proven correct as a ggg grandfather.   His parentage has never been found.   Thus Joshua Whitney could be a cousin, brother or maybe a father (doubtful)

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  Jane Marie Randolph December 10, 2013 20:31

  Good luck!  I have someone, who claims to be a relative whom I don't know, is adding duplicate profiles to my tree.  Now my great grandfather is also listed as my first cousin twice removed.  I am ready to go back to paper and pencil, so that privacy and control is allowed.  Please make some changes for us.

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  Kathleen Marie Russell January 02, 2014 12:04

  my family tree messed up big time

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  Pamela Joyce Tisdale Poppe Antrup May 11, 2014 05:27

  I am having the same issues. At first my lineage consisted of great, great grandparents on my grandmother's side of the family which is about 97 percent English. Then someone changed the informations so now all of my grandparents are now cousins on my grandfather's side of the family who was German/French Canadian. I checked with my aunt who has done her research on her father's side and she had never heard of the names that are now connected to my grandfather. I would consider splitting the two lines or deleting the whole thing and starting over but most of the information would be lost as it is not documented on paper. My whole tree is a mess now.

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  Arlene Tendler Kreindler June 02, 2014 03:24

  Other people are adding to my family tree with incorrect information and incorrect photos. I do not know who these people are. Why are they able to manage my tree and why can't I remove their information? I have even sent them emails and they ignore me. I will probably cancel. This was supposed to be for my children to know their heritage but the information is not correct. What good is it?
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  Eldon Clark (Geni volunteer curator) June 03, 2014 18:07

  Tia Whitney, there is a discussion where you can ask for curator help. Post your problems or questions there and you will usually get an answer within a few hours.

  To all who post here, You need to post links to profiles in question and give details, not generalize with statements like "other people" or "someone who claims". Also even if someone has never heard of a name, that doesn't mean that id doesn't exist.

  Kathleen Marie Russell, 'my family tree messed up big time" tells us nothing.

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  wendy Ellen silverman May 23, 2015 15:50

  There is a family linked to my tree that does not belong there. I don't know how to unlink and I don't what you need to know to fix this problem. This happened after another member linked my tree to the world tree

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  Jeff, Geni Curator May 27, 2015 21:53

  Wendy, can you please provide a link to the profile that has been incorrectly linked and describe the issue.  We'll do what we can to address the issue.  Thanks

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  Yehuda Dodo May 31, 2015 12:45

  I also have this problem.

  Salomon Benmergui (https://www.geni.com/people/Salomao-Bemerguy/370413988150011488?through=6000000013247242616) is my great grand father. He is the Son of Abraham and Gimol.

  He is not the son of Amram and the brother of  Youssef.

  Can someone, please help removing this relationship?

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  Jeff, Geni Curator June 01, 2015 20:10

  Yehuda, I've tried to resolve this issue.  Please take a look and let me know if any additional corrections need to be made.

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  Yehuda Dodo June 02, 2015 05:26

  Thank you very much Jeff.

  It looks OK now.

   

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  Lynn Rognstad February 13, 2017 01:38

  My family tree is a mess! I goofed when I thought I was merging trees, but instead it screwed things up. I only have 2 daughters. The No name one never existed, yet she married John de Esteling and then I got a whole bunch of relatives prior to the birth of "No Name". What a mess. It also says I have more than 1 set of parents. Dennis and Carol are my parents. HELP!!! 

  Lynn Rognstad   https://www.geni.com/family-tree#6000000028936646834

   

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  Jeff, Geni Curator February 13, 2017 02:09

  Lynn, I've undone the bad merge.  You should be back to normal.

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  Aimee M Carnes May 23, 2020 15:57

  Hi, i need help. I recently discovered why father's father wasn't his biological father . I'm trying to add his biological father's line but now I've created a huge mess. I have parents showing as parents of children from my non biological line from my biological line and i don't know how to fix this complete mess. I'd like to remove my non biological line and if not possible I'd like to keep them separate and distinct from one another.
  Please someone help.

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  Anna Klinteberg April 04, 2021 20:33

  I agree with every word you wrote. The same happened to me, Unknown people put MY family on to the world tree, changing their names, connecting to other families because of name-similarity, and I am unable to correct the mistakes. The persons who made this mess refuse to change wrong data they published of my own closest family, and I can not reach any curator(?) to help me!
  Why?

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  Alex Moes April 05, 2021 01:37

  Anna Klinteberg, why can you not reach any curators? We're pretty easy to find.

  I'd recommend posting a specific request on this thread: https://www.geni.com/discussions/216411