![]() ![]() ![]() I am not Yiblungfungibuss because the court says I am, nor are the women who married my father after his marriage to my mother stepmothers to me because a so-called genealogist said they are. Ultimately, including these “other” people in your family tree has benefits that outweigh the “clutter” to the family tree and the time it takes to add them.Īs an adoptee, I have grave reservations about mixing and confusing lineage and the DNA that makes me, me and other adoptees themselves. I’m just going to record what I have in relation to the people who I am researching. I’m not going to spend my valuable research time tracing them back 8 generations. Just because I add Felix and Victoria (Rhodes) Broome into my family tree does NOT mean that I’m going to go out and start researching them extensively. If we have those people included in our family tree, it ends up making our research better. ![]() However, I contend that it isn’t “clutter.” One of the ways we avoid combining people with the same name is by their FAN club (the friends, family, associates, and neighbors). But, Doesn’t This Clutter Your Family Tree?Īdding people like the parents of your 3rd-great-aunt’s spouse to your tree adds more names. By including these “other” people in my public tree, I might make a connection with a “shirt-tail cousin” who can help me with my research. You never know where the family Bible or the family photos ended up. When I see these names pop up later in other records, I can look in my genealogy software and see if I already know anything about them. By including them in the family tree, I can have a better idea of who these people are and how they fit in. They interact with any number of other people, including the step-, the half-, and the in-law people in their lives. ( You can learn more about building identity in this post.) If there was more than one Joseph Broome in the area, I could identify Margaret’s husband as being the one who was the son of Felix and Victoria. If there are multiple people with the same name, including these “other” people is a way to sort them out. There are three reasons why I include everyone. Do I include them in my family tree? You bet! Why I Include Everyone in the Family Tree The certificate identifies Joseph’s parents as Felix and Victoria (Rhodes) Broome. ![]()
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