Question

There are duplicate names of siblings and children for this profile; how to simplify?

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I've tried to clean up the Hunsdon line of Forsters ... as best I could. The Etherstone line is also in decent shape. ...  If someone could source Anthony Forster and Andrew Forster, that would be sweet! I'm not quite sure how they fit into the family.

Answer 1

Open the profile in EDIT mode. Look on the right side, below all the listings of family members. Find 

[duplicates? please merge]

Click on it, You will find all the children, siblings, spouses, and all of them will  have little sqare grey boxes on their left. When you find two alike, click first on the higher number, then on the lower number. 

Off on the right you will find a yellow box with 4 options.  I always use the "Compare" option,  This allows me to verify that there is truly only one individual represented. Once you have done this, click on Merge at the top. If you are on the trusted list for both profiles you can then merge them, if not, explain in the box presented why you think they should be merged and complete the requirements there. 

This may have changed since I used it, things seem to be changing almost daily here. 

Answer 2

As it stands, Margaret started having kids in the 1540s and was still having kids in the 1870s.  And Joan Hussey started having kids at about 8 and lived to be over 100.

Different people have been combined.  I think it's a case of finding some actual sources (not rootsweb trees).

Don't do any merging, you'll only make it worse.  There are no duplicates here.  These people need splitting.