Ancestry/Genealogy

applegrove

(123,840 posts) Wed Jul 23, 2014, 10:00 PM Jul 2014

You know what would be really good of facebook to do? Start an ancestry ancestral

photo identifying app. That way, if someone in the world has identified a person in an old photo....that could be input. And people with photos of the same people could upload them onto facebook and see them tagged with a name.

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You know what would be really good of facebook to do? Start an ancestry ancestral (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2014 OP

Be careful what you wish for as thoughts on littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #1

I'm just the ideas person. Yeah I guess the chances of someone being misidentified applegrove Jul 2014 #2

You are right. I have thought about it also. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #3

I'm not the only one thinking things up. applegrove Jul 2014 #4

Facebook insists that my first cousin on my paternal side is actually my DebJ Jul 2014 #5

You are correct. It could very well be applegrove Jul 2014 #6

littlemissmartypants

(26,068 posts)

1. Be careful what you wish for as thoughts on

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 10:05 PM

Jul 2014

Documentation vary with chain of custody arguments.

applegrove

(123,840 posts)

2. I'm just the ideas person. Yeah I guess the chances of someone being misidentified

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 10:20 PM

Jul 2014

are great. Maybe ancestry.com would be a better place. But facebook already has the software.

littlemissmartypants

(26,068 posts)

3. You are right. I have thought about it also.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 10:24 PM

Jul 2014

But do they even see that? They would have to be motivated.

applegrove

(123,840 posts)

4. I'm not the only one thinking things up.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 10:32 PM

Jul 2014

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

5. Facebook insists that my first cousin on my paternal side is actually my

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 11:20 PM

Jul 2014

fourth cousin on my maternal side. And that one of my relatives is Pope Francis.

applegrove

(123,840 posts)

6. You are correct. It could very well be

Reply to DebJ (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 11:26 PM

Jul 2014

a nightmare.

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