It can feel strange: someone you do not know has put your late father or mother in a family tree. Is that allowed? Yes, and below you can read why.
The privacy law, the GDPR, protects people who are alive. Deceased persons are not covered by it. That is not a rule of Genealogy Online, but of the law. That is why researchers are allowed to publish data about deceased persons.
Births, marriages and deaths are recorded in civil registration records. Those records become public after a fixed period: birth records after 100 years, marriage records after 75 years and death records after 50 years. Archives put them online, and anyone may view them. Those facts belong to nobody, not even to the family. They are part of history.
A researcher who includes your parents does so out of interest. Your parents belong to his or her family, or to the village or region being researched. The researcher does not want to forget them, but to preserve them. Often the researcher is a distant relative of yours.
Names and dates are public. But a photo, a story or a sensitive detail can be different. Mistakes also happen. In that case, contact the author. Every page says who that is, with a link to a contact form. Calmly explain what you want. Most researchers are happy to cooperate. Good researchers follow standards and guidelines that require respect for the family.
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