Genealogy Chat

I'd ask him to explain the connection and probably never show him my full tree, might get a report for ancestors but nothing about living people. Particularly as you haven't heard of the branch he's reasearching.

I suggest you block your living relatives from being viewed, unless you are activtely helping them find other living family members they have lost contact with, because someone genuiely connected to any of your branches will have shared ancestors that will provide matches on genes.

Perhaps it's time you considered deleting living people from your GR tree. I keep all of mine offline

Start by asking them why they want to know. Are they related in some way?

You could ask him where the connection is between those that are alive and those that he is researching

If you feel the connect is so far apart you could say though you have permission to have them in your tree you respect there privacy in not passing over any info.

There is nothing to stop him searching it himself but he;ll still need their permission to add it to his tree

I have received a couple of messages from someone who is enquiring about my relatives. These relatives are still very much alive - am I right to be cautious about confirming/denying that they are who he thinks they are. He is researching a side of the family I have never heard of. I worry I may be infringing their privacy as I'm sure they would be traceable.