Um...Sally...they ARE his family (if he's a cousin as you state below). He can put people in his tree even if they are NOT his family if he wants to. Genealogical research is not limited to our ancestors...we can study ANYONE if like. I've research many a line I'm not personally related to. We don't OWN our ancestors and can't claim any "rights" to names, dates, and places in our family trees. They are facts and facts can't be owned by anyone. Joan In a message dated 4/14/2012 1:31:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sallys@citlink.net writes: I understand fully what you are saying. I just found a new cousin and gave him some family group sheets. Even though I only gave him my parents names and dates, both my parents have died, he was able to get the whole line to my 6th great grandparents. He put them on his tree, on Ancestry, just like they were his family. I ask him to remove from his and tree and he did. Sally Smith