General Chat

Years back, someone from Genes (he doesn't post on the boards) contacted me about my dad's stepdad - who had an unusual surname. I quite happily told him all I knew, but none of his family were on my tree. In fact my tree on here was/is only my mum's side.
However, at this time, there was a 'glitch' that, because I had replied to him, allowed him to see my tree.
He then proceeded to attempt to copy everything from my tree, despite the fact that none were remotely related to dad's stepdad (dad was adopted aged 16, so his stepdad had nothing to do even with his upbringing). After a day or two I realised what he was doing and closed my tree.
However, in his rush to add names without connection, he 'assumed' a lot, and seems to have made guesses about where people were born, so has all my Suffolk ancestors born in Southampton, the Romsey ones born in Devon etc., and half the dates wrong.

Guess who he hasn't got on his tree? My dad and my grandmother, the only 'links' with dad's stepfather and my mother's side.

His tree, which is huge - is not only on here, it's on Ancestry - and is a pile of hogwash :-D

I found someone with lots of my family details on their tree, altho they had some names spelled incorrectly and such. I asked them what connection they had to my parents and it turns out they are related to a woman who is married to a late cousin of mine's son. It seems a bit strange to have such a distant connection recorded on her tree. She was most belligerent in her reply too, as if to say why shouldn't I have them there?

I haven't bothered to tell her she has wrong spellings ....


Lizx