Athelstan the Glorious’ foster son Haakon the good ( son of Harald Fairhair) connection missing

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12/3/2021 at 7:50 PM

PTID:6000000180581705843:6000000077143652909 i connected the two men with a foster relationship, it is easy enough to disconnect them again if there is a good argument not to have it.

12/4/2021 at 6:53 AM

Tora «Mostaff» Mosterstong is my first cousin 28 times removed.
Håkon I Haraldsson «den gode» Adalsteinfostre is my first cousin 27 times removed.
Harald I "Fairhair", king of Norway is my 30th great grandfather.
Æthelstan 'the Glorious', 1st King of the English is my 27th great uncle.

12/30/2021 at 4:11 AM

Here is some info about Adelstein, Athelstan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelstan

Geni link is :
Æthelstan 'the Glorious', 1st King of the English

Info about me and Adelstein.
Æthelstan 'the Glorious', 1st King of the English is your 32nd great uncle.

The problem with this, is what is real FACT or not?

1/9/2022 at 2:03 PM

It was a practice to have a child growing up with another family.

This could be of advantage to both families.

There are many examples of this in different cultures and at different times.

However it creates problems if a biological bond is stated or shown - when there is no biological bond.

The practise of raising children of others was not an adoption as we see in today’s society.

As it is now shown in the Geni profile of Aethelstan Håkan appears as his son.

In Håkan’s profiles ancestry Aethelstan is shown as an ancestor.

I suggest that the links as father-son are cut.

Instead it could be stated in text in the profiles. (If the sources are accepted.)

1/9/2022 at 5:40 PM

Reidar Holmsen I have lodged a help ticket with Geni to request they look at this.
If you scroll further down Aethelstan's page you'll see Hakon listed as his foster-son and of course Hakon's own page is correct.
Hopefully it is a simple fix that can be resolved quickly.

1/9/2022 at 11:38 PM

@ Alex Moes , thank you for your efforts in this. I am sure we have an understanding.

As it is now Aethelstan is shown having a descendant, and Håkan is shown having two fathers. (When using the views show ancestors/descendants).

1/19/2022 at 9:20 AM

This is a design decision that we made. You can see "foster" in the immediate family on the Overview tab.

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