Thread by @DanielGenealogy

AN UPDATE TO THE BELOW:

To clarify the largely asked questions (read full thread) "How will FG know if the person is related?" - I got this from Peter Drinkwater at @FindaGrave who I hadn't mentioned in my original post. Apologies for confusion - this is what I received... [1/]

https://twitter.com/DanielGenealogy/status/1432750006054891526

"On the question of how to make sure someone is related, it’s a good question and one of the trickier parts of the change. We’ve thought about and have plans for it, but will need to watch it carefully. Our plans focus on limiting the number of relationships someone can... [2/]

...claim, so while there will surely be some cases of people claiming to be a relative when they are not, it shouldn’t be an avenue for significant abuse or for people to accumulate large numbers of memorials to manage which we hope will be a disincentive to abuse. We’ll.. [3/6]

watch and see how things go and adjust as we need to. The support team can help with specific cases of abuse."

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The other question was "how close the relationship has to be?" the response I received goes as follows:

As for how close a relationship has to be to request to manage a memorial , in the case of recently deceased folks, the list of relationships is a little broader than... [5/6]

our standard transfer guidelines. That’s something we’re interested to get people’s feedback on during testing.

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