Someone who contacted me thru Ancestry--and turned out to be a distant relative--became very suspicious of me because she said my Ancestry profile showed that I had not logged in for over six months. In fact, I am on Ancestry almost every day (shouldn't admit it). Clearly that info on the profile is incorrect. Another hot topic is whether to keep your tree private or public. There are arguments on both sides but I kept mine private because I could see a cousin's tree's info being added to people who were no relation to us--and it was info I gave her--photos etc. Very annoying. Plus there is a privacy concern. Ancestry doesn't show living people but if your parent died, the obit often shows the whole clan and where they live. Many people have contacted me thru Ancestry and I always reply--and I have done the same for many others. Lastly, a private tree lets me speculate freely. I always write 'just a guess' but it's amazing how people don't see/hear that and it is suddenly a 'fact'. Just my two cents. Virginia