Invalid Individual

[Guest Michael Dietz]

I am currently working with a family tree from the Internet. There is a related albeit distant family where the parents were born around 1710 but they have a son listed as being born in 1694. I can think of no typographic error which would have not placed the son within the list of children. To change the year would require two digits being changed, the 6 to a 7 and the 9 to a 3 or 4.

 

Apparently this son is with the wrong family and probably in the wrong generation. None of his uncles were born early enough to be his father. He could be a brother of the father. He could belong with one of the three brothers of the grandfather and so I have no idea where the son should go.

 

Should I just drop him? Or should I place him in the grandfather and three granduncle familys with appropriate comments even though any one of these relationships might also be invalid?

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

Mike

[Roy_Delos_Reyes 0]

If it is from the internet and doesn't show a *very specific* source for this individual I'd just drop it with a note somewhere (probably the parents marriage tag)that other researchers mention a son born before the parents and let them draw their own conclusions.

 

 

 

I am currently working with a family tree from the Internet. There is a related albeit distant family where the parents were born around 1710 but they have a son listed as being born in 1694. I can think of no typographic error which would have not placed the son within the list of children. To change the year would require two digits being changed, the 6 to a 7 and the 9 to a 3 or 4.

 

Apparently this son is with the wrong family and probably in the wrong generation. None of his uncles were born early enough to be his father. He could be a brother of the father. He could belong with one of the three brothers of the grandfather and so I have no idea where the son should go.

 

Should I just drop him? Or should I place him in the grandfather and three granduncle familys with appropriate comments even though any one of these relationships might also be invalid?

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

Mike

[joanmc 0]

If it is from the internet and doesn't show a *very specific* source for this individual I'd just drop it with a note somewhere (probably the parents marriage tag)that other researchers mention a son born before the parents and let them draw their own conclusions.

 

Another option is to enter the person as an unrelated male making a memo that explains where you found it and why you don't believe this person could be a son of the couple indicated and hopefully, you'll find where he really belongs as you do more research.

 

8-)

Joan

[patthepiper 0]

I am currently working with a family tree from the Internet. There is a related albeit distant family where the parents were born around 1710 but they have a son listed as being born in 1694. I can think of no typographic error which would have not placed the son within the list of children. To change the year would require two digits being changed, the 6 to a 7 and the 9 to a 3 or 4.

 

Apparently this son is with the wrong family and probably in the wrong generation. None of his uncles were born early enough to be his father. He could be a brother of the father. He could belong with one of the three brothers of the grandfather and so I have no idea where the son should go.

 

Should I just drop him? Or should I place him in the grandfather and three granduncle familys with appropriate comments even though any one of these relationships might also be invalid?

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

Mike