Auditing and Validation

Pedigree Forge checks your data for potential errors and inconsistencies.

Live audit warnings

Real-time warnings appear in the status bar as you work. These flag issues such as improbable ages, dates out of sequence, or missing information.

Full audit report

For a comprehensive check, use Tools > Audit. This generates a full report of all warnings in the project.

Not all warnings indicate errors — for example, Charles Darwin’s wife Emma was 48 when their youngest son was born, which is flagged as unusual but was correct. Review each warning in context.

Resolving warnings

Right-click on a warning in the audit report to see available actions:

• Fix — navigate to the relevant record to correct the issue.
• Ignore — mark the warning as reviewed and intentionally accepted.

Filtering

For large projects, the audit report can be filtered to show only specific types of warnings.