Unauthorized merging of family trees

Was your tree already part of - ie connected to - the World Tree?

If so, then no, your permission was not needed. To my mind, one of the downsides of Geni.

Many ways it is possible -- 1) maybe there was a Public Profile in your tree - any Geni user, I believe, can merge into (or edit) a Public Profile in the World Tree. If the merge was to a Private Profile then 2) maybe someone else in your Family Group approved it. or 3) maybe the person wanting the merge to happen convinced a Curator to do the merge -- some Curators honor Geni's statement that the merge request must come from a family member [of at least one of the profiles on one side] -- other Curators use their own criteria [to state it politely].

re: "Can it be undone?" - If a merge was done after Aug. 14, 2014 (think that is the date), Curators have a tool allowing them to undo the merge. The best way to get assistance is probably to post on the "ATTENTION Curators, please assist " Discussion - http://www.geni.com/discussions/142108

If profiles were merged that were, in fact, for different people, I strongly suggest you post there, and expect you will be able to get help untangling the problems.

If the profiles that were merged were in fact previously separate profiles of the same person - I fear you may be excoriated for asking to have the merge undone. On the other hand, if the question you ask is how to limit the anniversary announcements, etc. to folks you actually know - that might get you some sympathy and possibly even a viable suggestion or so.

To hide the anniversaries of people you don't know go to

http://www.geni.com/account_settings/family/

and change your family group settings to only include the relatives you want notifications about

Jason Scott Wills -
- There are other implications to changing the scope of your Family Group and/or removing folks from it - such as, for folks with Claimed Profiles, they cannot see your Profile, and you cannot see their Profile!!

And I believe, if I were to change my Family Group, for example, to 1st Cousins and Closer then I would be unable to see the Profiles of unclaimed Private Profiles for my 3rd Cousins, etc.- unless they were managed by myself or a 1st cousin or closer relative. This is a definite reason to not do it that way!!

If you change the scope using the drop-down menus at the link Jason gave - then you can change back again any time.

BUT - if you eliminate folks with claimed Profiles from your Family Group on an individual basis (using Actions on their profile, or using option next to their name from Search Window) - then they must accept to resume being in your Family Group - and until and unless they do, they remain Profiles you cannot view, etc.

NO IDEA - if remove folks with unclaimed Profiles from your Family Group on individual basis - can you unilaterally return them to your Family Group? Or??