🧬 Genealogy + AI: Quick Reference Guide

Mark Rabideau – many-roads.com

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Human Superpowers

• Context – geography, emotion, culture, family lore
• Ethics – moral compass and care
• Storytelling – questions + meaning
• Value – honoring lives and memory

🤖 AI Superpowers

• Speed – instant results
• Scale – many threads at once
• Suggestions – ideas to test (always verify)
• Stamina – never bored or tired

🧱 The Wall vs. The Key

• Wall: Feeding AI raw GEDCOM → failure
• Key: Exporting a narrative PDF → success Rule of thumb: Don’t give AI a haystack — give it the thread.

🔗 The Braid Checklist

1. Collect – gather all records
2. Process – let each AI digest the set
3. Compare – share results across AIs
4. Merge – combine into one doc
5. Refine – smooth & check consistency
6. Summarize – clear, honest conclusion

🕊️ Ethics Creed

• Never paste living people
• Always cite the original
• Fire AI if it hallucinates
• Remember you are the conductor
• Unveil the truth
• Guide with persistence

📌 Takeaway

The most powerful button in genealogy software isn’t “Search” — it’s Export Report (PDF). That’s how you turn AI into a true partner.

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