Magic Eight Ball of Genealogy: Ancestry's We're Related App
So, Ancestry has had it's "We're Related" app out for some time, and while it is as reliable as a Magic Eight Ball, sometimes it manages odd outcomes that Ancestry should have thought out better. Ancestry should resolve the issues of what happens when: 1) They use a chart where people who were born over 150 years ago showing up as alive. This means that the person shows up as "Private". 2) They should also not be taking information from "Private Trees" because, all things being equal, everyone in that private tree shows up as "private" on the app. 3) They really ought to give you a floor to establish what is the oldest date that you would accept a match from. For example, omit matches on people born before 1500. AND 4) Stop telling me that losers like Rob Ford are 10th cousins. Seriously, I wouldn't claim that crack smoking walking heart attack as a relative if her were my father. I'm not even Canadian! But...