


Geni automatically looks for matches in other trees and notifies you of possible matches. Profiles of the deceased are public unless you make them private (under Actions or Edit Profile in the profile view). Only those you invite can view details on living relatives. To avoid duplicate profiles in the World Family Tree, you can’t upload a GEDCOM file. Start with information on yourself and your family, add photos and records, and invite relatives to add to your tree. You’re prompted to start building your tree when you sign up. Geni members collaborating on a tree can be part of a discussion forum that serves as a family news digest, and they can be notified when new people or photos are added. To that end, the site lets you and your relatives collaborate to build a family tree online, merge relatives from other trees into yours, and eventually connect to the World Family Tree. ’s goal is to create one huge family tree, which it calls the World Family Tree, with a profile of every person who’s ever lived-more than 80 million to date.

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