Description of Error - 207: Father is also a child

This person's father is also his/her child. He cannot be both.

Content of info column: Empty

Possible Causes

Connecting a profile as child that is already connected as father, or connecting a profile as father that is already connected as child.

Action Steps

One relation should be deleted or replaced with correct one.

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Technical Stuff

A person's father cannot also be that person's child. It is checked for all profiles with public tree and defined parent-child relations.

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