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Approval for use of Royal/Noble Titles on Geni user Profiles

Karrie Amelia Anderson Welborn, LK138808C1

June 14, 2025 14:49

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Hello,

Would it be possible to add a feature which reviews and requires sources for Geni members/users who add such titles indicating they are members of nobility to their profiles?  Examples exist such as King of ___, Queen Regent___, Sir____, and so on.  

Reasoning: These titles are especially confusing for novice members when they appear in DNA matches, and/or close cousin paths on Geni. Additionally, with the relationships Geni has with other genealogy sites such as MyHeritage, such claims are quickly spread around the internet and reinforce one another. 

If a member is truly a member of the nobility, it should be easily proved with sources already accepted by Geni. 

Thank you!

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  Ashley Odell September 27, 2025 02:42

  I've thought about this for a while, and here's where I've arrived:

  Customer Service already has so many tasks to tend to. I'm not sure if this would be a valuable use of their time. It might be more effective for users who have genuine questions/concerns about an individual user's identity to contact CS as those concerns arise.

  It's also worth considering that 1) the TOS does not require anyone to use their legal name and 2) royal/noble identities are no more uniquely "valuable" or worthy of protection than others. That's especially true for the 92% of the world's people who don't live under a monarchy. If a user in China, Kenya, the U.S., Chile, or elsewhere wants to title himself "King" as a nickname even though he isn't legally a monarch, he can.

  Unless we're going to start asking all users to prove their displayed names, I don't think we can ask for it in these cases either.