Here's what it says (default). Family Tree Privacy Settings Who can we show on your family tree? Deceased people born 100+ years ago: Public (default). Options: Matches or Private Deceased people born in the last 100 years: Private (default) Options: Public or Matches Living people: Private (default) Options: Public or Matches
When I made all 3 Public, it took away all that private stuff. If you ask me, the IT/Engineering guys confused Deceased born 100+ years ago with Deceased born in the last 100 years. However, if you have an ancestor born 1800 and no death date, FTDNA may read that as "living" and mark it as private. There used to be an option of making those born in the last 100 years private. This is simply a command for living. Something tells me that the IT guys probably didn't do it right. I used to tell people to mark it private. Then I start to think about it. To steal my identity, someone would have to pay FTDNA a bit of money to find my birth date and mother's maiden name. And they'd have to dig in my trash to see if they could find an account number with that. Then they'd have to know some of those security questions that are now asked. Too much work. Criminals go for the easy way. So I leave my stuff open for my matches. Cheri On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Marilyn Thompson <mari...@jmtmlt.com> wrote: > Does FTDNA automatically do private on living people? > > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A-ha, there's a new setting that we have to change to stop the new Trees > on > > FTDNA from displaying Private. > > > > Log into FTDNA. > > Upper right corner, click on your name. > > When the next window opens, click on the Genealogy tab. > > Next window, make ALL 3 of those buttons PUBLIC. > > Click save. > > > > That should stop people from seeing "Private" in your tree on FTDNA. > > > > Cheri Mello > > Listowner, Azores-Gen > > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, > > Achada > > > > -- > > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right > > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Azores Genealogy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
