beginners blunders on tree

[groom]

I think it really goes back to beginners nor realising that hints are just that - hints, and they need to be verified before accepting. They think because Ancestry, Findmypast or other sites have given them that they must be correct and don't look at dates. 

[coombs]

I bet some have even researched the surname Lnu, unaware that it usually is an acronym for Last Name Unknown.

[brigidmac]

Coombs I think I may have done that myself .

Spent another hour with this match .merging duplicate people and realigning generations .

It's a good comedy story 🙂 approved by my mentor we.re making it into a dialogue and the names  in the story are  B (Me) Mr Match . Mr T (JONES) .Mr RIGHT
Baby granny sissy   .real Granny EDEN
Close enough to truth for us !

The punch line is"  your grandma was not a baby .Mr T is   your uncle.not cousin...&
 you're not your own husband

 and we can all sing along to Willie Nelson song ' I am my own grandpa "
( I played a bit to the group today  )

[coombs]

Coombs I think I may have done that myself .

Spent another hour with this match .merging duplicate people and realigning generations .

It's a good comedy story 🙂 approved by my mentor we.re making it into a dialogue and the names  in the story are  B (Me) Mr Match . Mr T (JONES) .Mr RIGHT
Baby granny sissy   .real Granny EDEN
Close enough to truth for us !

The punch line is"  your grandma was not a baby .Mr T is   your uncle.not cousin...&
 you're not your own husband

 and we can all sing along to Willie Nelson song ' I am my own grandpa "
( I played a bit to the group today  )

And me, I once researched the surname Null as it was listed for a mutual female ancestor in Leigh On Sea in Essex, but it seems the maiden surname was unknown for the woman, so the distant cousin put "Null". I soon found out her real maiden name.

[brigidmac]

If  John NOTKNOWN + Jane  NULL  are at the top of so many trees  .
Many of us could claim  distant relative s ,@!

[coombs]

Or a James Smith whose parents were listed as "Mr and Mrs Smith", sounds like a movie.

If such a person had a known sibling, to add the sibling on Ancestry you have to add a parent even if it is just a surname, or a Mr Smith etc.