Hi Jeff, I've just run this on my tree and showed up 24 typos as in century of death before century of birth ( oops! ) but nothing relating to ages of siblings and I have siblings where there is a gap of over 10 years between them due to absence of father. So I'm not too sure what you mean. Regards Steve On 07/03/2015 13:12, Jeff Stewart via wrote: > Why was 6.5 years age difference between siblings used? I just found this > feature and had to make many corrections to my family tree. > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > . >

In message <[email protected]>, Steve via <[email protected]> writes: >Hi Jeff, > >I've just run this on my tree and showed up 24 typos as in century of >death before century of birth ( oops! ) but nothing relating to ages of >siblings and I have siblings where there is a gap of over 10 years >between them due to absence of father. > >So I'm not too sure what you mean. [] As John has explained, it's 6½ months, not years - and it's a minimum, not a maximum (i. e. siblings born closer together than that _probably_ indicate an error - though it can happen, in which case it can be excluded from future checks).