Description of Error - 409: Marriage to duplicate person

The person married more than one person with the same name. If the spouses are duplicates, merge them.

Content of info column: Compare link, where you compare both profiles in question for differences.

Possible Causes

• Incomplete merge: When merging two persons forgot to also merge duplicated spouse.

Action Steps

Check if spouses are really duplicates and merge them.

Error Status

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Technical Stuff

This is checked only for marriages, where both spouses have public and open profiles, since marriages are known only for such profiles. It is checked only for persons with multiple spouses. It checks if two spouses have the same FullName.

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