beginners blunders on tree

[LizzieL]

I don't see why you feel the need to mock a novice.

Perhaps it was caused by an Ancestry glitch, or the tree owner's unfamiliarity with the software. I've found it is too easy to attach people to the wrong couple (when there are multiple marriages) or assign them the wrong gender when doing a quick edit.

[brigidmac]

Yes it certainly wasn't meant to mock in fact it's something that can happen to experienced people while making changes .

It was more the situation I was laughing at like kiltpins song

Good news is : their thru lines are now showing

Bad news is : ancestry suggests his grandmother who is the crucial link between the trees is a baby  who died age 1

*Thanks to Chas. Sparrett Liz  who defended the suggestion that I would  Mock someone who I'm helping 

# +   thanks tug  Jill cas for defending novices .
if I remove thread I'd lose kiltpins song and the warning about  attaching correct home person .
If you  PM me and I can modified any potential offensive comments (the person concerned saw funny side and I make same mistakes myself so am laughing WITHthem  not AT them )

#We can all learn from mistakes and mistakes can be funny 😉

[brigidmac]

Btw This Is THE LIGHTER SIDE forum

I  have told the tree owner who doesn't mind others learning from their mistakes and has little time to work on their tree let alone join rootschat

As Lizzie says with marriages in USA and England it's very easy to make mistakes because ancestry suggests the record but often has the spouse as secondary

I've done it  several times myself and have found a lady married to her husband and then to herself as well  ! & If forget to modify at the time it stays that way on her family description

[brigidmac]

I've taken to adding smiley faces when I comment on posts with my quirky humour ,

Just in case !

[youngtug]

Not having all the relevant information I made an assumption, something I try not to do. But, hey, everybody makes mistakes. If they are willing participants in the humour on here, that's fine

[brigidmac]

Im thinking of doing a funny story about Family research ..in general no names mentionned at comedy club zoom we.re always looking for music for the break so i think   " I am my own grandpa "song will be perfect kiltpin

do you know one called " im 94 today" my aunt actually sang it by heart on her 94th birthday with the appropriate scottish accent

any other suggestions ?

[Josephine]

My own includes searching extensively for someone whose name was Elizabeth UNK.. Such an unusual surname.

I puzzled over that "surname" for quite a while, too! 

[groom]

Yes it certainly wasn't meant to mock in fact it's something that can happen to experienced people while making changes .

Maybe just remove the word "Hilarious" from the title, then everyone will be satisfied?

[brigidmac]

Good idea Groom

But maybe some would get offended because their comments no longer make sense 😂
+ It will be too late for them to remove or modify their comments as more than 48 hours ago

I  could ask admin..... 
What a quandary .

Meanwhile my novice is getting closer to correct generation ancestry thru line suggestions have gone from a grandma who died as a baby
To a father ...same name ..who died in war ...20 years before they were born .