Genealogy Chat

Who you include on your tree is for you, and you only, to decide.
I made a slight error in stating on my tree that my daughter was adopted - she was furious. She has known no other parents and is not interested in knowing her blood rellies, and she is quite right to be angry as legally she has been our daughter since birth with all the rights that a bvlood child would have and all the obligations that adoptive parents have ...... so it is a matter for you to decide but make sure you don't upset anyone on the way.

Maggie this lady has not stolen off of me she has got her information off of census.Her grannie has nothing to do with our family.She was born before her mother married my gg grandfather.Her grannie was 4 years old when he took her on.Its when she passes her tree on and its the wrong information. Annie

Personally I would include your g g grandmother as she married into the other persons family. I wouldn't include your gg grandmothers family though.

I have a few rellies that married twice, I include all husbands/wives that they may have had but not their families if they didn't go on to have children.

For example, my GGG Grandfather had two wives, my GG grandfather was a product of the second marriage. I have his first wife included as she obviously married into my family but not her parents or siblings as they aren't really related to me.

I guess it comes down to personal choice who you include, but if they aren't related to me someway by blood (or marriage for first/second spouses) then I don't count them.

Sam x

I only have blood relatives Annie, otherwise it gets even more confusing.
However, I contacted someone who was a distant relation of my dads stepfather, as dad's stepfather was an interesting man and I was willing to give this man information about one of his blood relations. Unfortunately GR was 'upgrading' and things went wrong. My tree was opened to this man and he now has all my mum's side of the family on his tree and a fair bit of my dad's mums side too!!
Despite my pointing out that none of these people - not even my dad - are remotely related to him, - especially my mum's side - he won't remove them.
Even close relations don't go so far as to steal everyone off my tree!!

It really pees me off, I spent years researching my family, putting flesh on their bones. Try to give someone some 'flesh' for their ancestor and he now has a lot of names that mean nothing to him.

Needless to say, I never gave him any information about his ancestor. His loss!!

maggie

do you only have blood relatives in yours?My mother was adopted and i have done a tree for the adopted family.It could be of some use to my adopted family to find out about there relatives.Its only the adopted family and not my dads side.I then have my real tree with only blood relatives on.I have found someone that has contacted me about her grannie that my g g grandfather married her mother after my gg grandmother died.Her grannie took on his name.She has all my gg grandmothers family as if it was hers.My gg grandfather went on to have two more of his own children so i can see why she has his family but not my gg grandmothers.Does this make sense? Annie