I uploaded my GEDCOM, but a distant cousin appears in the Family Tree Explorer window. Where is the rest of my family tree?
Your desktop genealogy application (PAF, Family Tree Maker, Legacy, etc.) does not designate a root person when you export a GEDCOM. We assume that the first person in your GEDCOM file is the root of the tree. This assumption is correct most of the time, but sometimes it’s not. If we made the wrong person the root of the tree in the Family Tree Explorer, you’ll need to click on the Index button about two inches below the top of the Family Tree Explorer window. It is second from the right, the one with the black parallel lines next to the three family tree buttons. Click the person you want to be the root person, then click on the bullseye button. (The bullseye button is the one with a green dot and a green circle over a pedigree icon, farthest left under the file menu item in the Family Tree Explorer window.) This makes the selected person the new root of your tree.
