Subj : RE: wikitree
To   : Sirronmit
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Wed Oct 02 2024 10:48:50

On 10/2/2024 8:56 AM, Sirronmit wrote to Mike Dippel:

-> So I got a "chastising" email from a volunteer mode asking me to confirm a
-> GreatGPA link I added. So I provided a link to the 1910 census as a reference
-> and tried typing it out like the help file showed. One of the names simply said
-> D.J. NORRIS (age 4). And that was how my GreatGPA was always referred to as
-> "D.J." Even in my GPA's obituary. So when I did my DNA I found out that D.J.
-> stood for "Daniel J." - still unknown what the "J" stands for. 
-> I get it, PROOF IS WHERE THE PUDDING IS, but he wrote back stating that I still
-> needed to provide proof. Well, I know that mispellings always happened in the
-> census because they didn't normally send out those with mad english writing
-> skills. But my DNA confirms his name.
-> 
-> So I almost just deleted my entire tree if this was how it was going to be. 
-> 
-> 
-> The graphic showed how I was "related" and that it even gave me names higher
-> then D.J. which matched my DNA confirmation listing.
-> 
-> Does wikitree not allow DNA uploads like other sites?

Although I have never used the DNA section on WikiTree, there is a section named 'DNA 
confirmation' that lists your relatives and your connections to them via DNA.

Not sure if this will help you or not.

Mike Dippel
https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelDippel
 
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