Relationship Suggestions
Relationship issues arise from incorrect connections between parents, siblings, or spouses. Check Relationship Status for more information.
Some of these advanced suggestions are managed by other projects, so you must be a badged member of the named project to work on those suggestions.
| Relationship Suggestions | ||
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| Type & Link | Name & Description (links to the suggestion page) | Difficulty Level |
| Error | 105 Duplicate sibling: Another profile exists with the same full name, parents, birth, and death dates. Unless these two profiles are stillborn unnamed twins, they are probably duplicates and need merging. If you find they are not the same person, you can mark the error as a False Error after looking at both profiles and sources. | Intermediate |
| Error | 106 Duplicates between the global tree and unconnected: An unconnected profile exists with the same full name and birth and death dates as this profile. It is probably a duplicate, and the two profiles need merging. (Orphan profiles are ignored). If you find they are not the same person, you can mark the suggestion as a False Suggestion (do this for both profiles) after looking at both profiles and sources. | Intermediate |
| Error | 112 Person is father and mother: This person is father to some children and mother to others. Parentage should be corrected as appropriate. | Intermediate |
| Error | 113 Duplicate in relatives: This person has a relative appearing as two or more separate entries on their profile. | Advanced |
| Error | 201 Father is self: This person is their own father. The relationship should be deleted or replaced with the correct father. | Advanced |
| Error | 202 Parents are same: This person's mother and father are the same person. The incorrect relationship should be deleted or replaced with the correct one. | Advanced |
| Error | 203 Father is Female: The gender of the father of this person is female. Correct the gender of the father or replace the current father with the correct one (watch for a possible reversal of mother and father). | Advanced |
| Error | 207 Father is also a child: This person is their own father. The parent-child relationship should be deleted or replaced with the correct one. | Advanced |
| Error | 208 Father is also a spouse: This person's father is also her husband, but this is rarely true. The relationship should be deleted or replaced with the correct one. | Advanced |
| Error | 209 Father is also a sibling: This person's father is also their sibling. If there is no 201 error on this profile, the problem is in the mother's children. Correct the mother's children. Type: Error | Advanced |
| Error | 211 Duplicate sibling by Father: There is a profile with the same full name, birth, and death dates, and same father, but the mother is different. These two profiles may be duplicates; if so, they need merging. | Intermediate |
| Error | 213 Missing fathers DNA confirmation: Father is marked 'confirmed with DNA', but the words' paternal' and 'confirmed' do not appear in the biography. The DNA Project oversees this suggestion. | Advanced |
| Error | 303 Mother is Male: The gender of the mother of this person is male. Correct the gender of the mother or replace the current mother with the correct one. (watch for a possible reversal of mother and father). | Advanced |
| Error | 308 Mother is also a spouse: This person's mother is also his wife, which is rarely true. The relationship should be removed or replaced with the correct spouse. | Advanced |
| Error | 309 Mother is also a sibling: This person's mother is also their sibling. If there is no 301 error on this profile, the problem is in the father's children. Correct the father's children. | Advanced |
| Error | 311 Duplicate sibling by Mother: There is a profile with the same full name, birth, and death dates, and same mother, but the mother is different. These two profiles may be duplicates; if so, after careful comparison, they need merging. | Intermediate |
| Error | 313 Missing mothers DNA confirmation: Mother is marked 'confirmed with DNA,' but the words' maternal' and 'confirmed' do not appear in the biography. The DNA Project oversees this suggestion. | Advanced |
| Error | 408 Multiple marriages on same day: The person married more than one spouse on the same day. If one marriage date is incorrect, fix it, or if the spouses are duplicates, merge them. | Advanced |
| Error | 409 Marriage to duplicate person: The person married more than one person with the same name. If the spouses are duplicates, merge them. | Advanced |
| Error | 418 Spouse is a sibling: The person's spouse has one of the same parents, while not impossible, is unlikely. Correct when the problem is determined. | Advanced |
| Warning | 419 Unmarried parents with no marriages: These parents have a common child, but no marriage is recorded for them, usually caused by older faulty gedcom imports. Try to find a marriage record and enter the marriage. If one can't be found, note that in the Research Notes section. | Intermediate |
| Warning | 420 Unmarried parents with other marriages: These parents have a common child, but no marriage between them is recorded, although other marriages are listed. The common cause is older faulty gedcom imports. Try to find the marriage record and enter the marriage details. Note that in the Research Notes section, if one cannot be found. Merges may be needed for the "other" marriage. | Advanced |
| Error | 421 Hidden marriage on public or open profiles: There is a hidden marriage between the two persons that is not viewable on the profile. That shouldn't be the case on public and opened profiles. The cause is not completely understanding how to use the check box when entering the marriage information. Uncheck the check box on edit marriage page. | Intermediate |
| Error | 901 Unconnected empty public profile: This public profile has no relations - parents, children, and marriage and no birth and death date or location data. This error is Connectors Project-related is not usually part of the Data Doctors work. | Advanced |
| Error | 902 Unconnected empty open profile: This open profile has no relations - parents, children, and marriage and no birth and death date or location data. This error is Connectors Project-related is not usually part of the Data Doctors work. | Advanced |
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