How do Thru Lines work?

[Phoenix]

I find it slightly alarming that I've got a thru lines link with someone whose tree is locked and private, showing the exact relationship.

[kiterunner]

Isn't locked the same as private?

[Phoenix]

Where matches have a greyed out, locked tree, you can't see any information in the ordinary way. This is showing exactly what the relationship is. In this case it is through female lines. Were it male, you might be able to work out the name of the relation.

[kiterunner]

I guess if the other person wanted to avoid that happening, they just wouldn't link their DNA test to the tree.

[Phoenix]

It's why my own tree isn't linked. But I think it much more likely that they don't know.

[Kit]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

I can see that it can reinforce very poor research, and I'm curious to know what happens if there is a conflict, but it's odd that relationships are appearing without a tree in place that we have entered ourselves.

There is nothing to do with a conflict but ignore it. I was so excited, someone had parents for a brickwall. I looked into it, spent and hour or so working things out only to disprove it then went to write comments on my notes on my tree only to discover I had already disproven that person in the past. I can't get rid of the thruline which is annoying as she has followed this wrong line up for several more generations so I'm not getting any other thruline options at those levels either.

Originally Posted by Phoenix

I find it slightly alarming that I've got a thru lines link with someone whose tree is locked and private, showing the exact relationship.

It is private but searchable, in that it would appear in a search marked as private. They have the option to make it private AND unsearchable and you should then not be able to find it.

[Kit]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

This would be good fun for best mate's tree - but I'll need her permission before I start.

Just do it. Her tree will already appear in other people's thrulines if there is a match. Selecting it is only if you want to see the thrulines.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Kit

There is nothing to do with a conflict but ignore it. I was so excited, someone had parents for a brickwall. I looked into it, spent and hour or so working things out only to disprove it then went to write comments on my notes on my tree only to discover I had already disproven that person in the past. I can't get rid of the thruline which is annoying as she has followed this wrong line up for several more generations so I'm not getting any other thruline options at those levels either.

Oh joy. A rare surname means there is a link between two families - but probably a couple of generations further back. Other trees are comprehensively f**ked, so I presumably cannot steer them back to the straight and narrow.

[Kit]

I have read somewhere on FB that people consistently complained about individual thrulines being incorrect and they were eventually removed. You could try that and see what happens.