Description of Error - 210: Father was dead before birth
The father died more than 10 months before the birth date shown, so most likely the birth date or the father's death date is incorrect.
Content of info column: Empty
Possible Causes
Typo in person's birth date and/or in father's death date, or incorrect date(s) entered.
Action Steps
Source and correct wrong date(s).
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Technical Stuff
The death date of a person's father can be at most 10 months before that person's birth date. It is checked for all profiles with public tree and defined father-child relation. Limit is set at 10 months.
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