I understood that it was Ancestry's policy that unless a date of death was given, or unless the person couldn't possibly still be alive, that they were shown as private.
2. We use data you have provided—If you don’t indicate whether an individual is living or deceased, we will determine his or her status based on information you provide. We assume an individual is living unless there is death information or his or her birth date is more than 100 years ago. If there is no birth or death information, we estimate dates by looking at relatives in the tree.
Once we’ve determined an individual is still alive, he or she is identified in your tree with a “Living” label. Members who don’t have permission to view living people in your tree will see a “Private” label.
So could it be that you can only see yourself with the information as you have permission to see that tree, others will only see "private" ?
