Private Trees at FTDNA

[phje]

I finally came across a private tree and was greeted by this less than humorous illustration. Is that little stick figure supposed to be me attempting to clear a brick wall only to fall on my…

[WCoaster]

As far as I know, there's no private tree option at FTDNA. I've seen the same message once or twice and think it just means there's some kind of problem displaying the tree. Might be "in process" - or it might be a bug.

[keigh]

I've never come across that before, and as far as I've seen most people who want privacy here at FTDNA simply don't put a tree up. Most of my matches don't have any form of a tree at all. I'd estimate about 80% aren't showing a real tree at all. I feel really lucky if I have someone showing a surname list of any length as many of the surname lists are too small (a couple of names or so) to be of any help.

I do agree with you, phje, that the illustration is less than humorous.

[LynCra]

Childish, just like the Houston message. Time to grow up and produce some informative and professional error messages.

[prairielad]

As far as I know, there's no private tree option at FTDNA. I've seen the same message once or twice and think it just means there's some kind of problem displaying the tree. Might be "in process" - or it might be a bug.

One can now make tree private, although I personally do not see the point of someone uploading a tree only to make it private.

Setting>Genealogy Tab.

If Deceased people born 100+ years ago is set to private, anyone that clicks on your tree will get the above mentioned page.

[keigh]

What if the tab is set so that only matches can see those individuals?

I decided to solve my dislike of showing too much info, by deleting all but the last names of grandparents down. I have no interest in being attached to anyone's tree, but my own. Anymore than I attach anyone who isn't a direct ancestor to mine.