How to handle passing management of an unlisted living person over to them?

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Kia ora koutou (Hi everyone), I seemed to have landed myself as the family genealogist. Currently, most of the family tree is on Ancestry.com but we have trouble collaborating on that so I am moving everything to Wikitree instead. However, some of the fam want to be on the tree or are fine to be there (in a basic way) but don't want to look after their own info (don't have time, don't care, etc.). Because they are living, they will be Unlisted.

However, what do I need to do if they change their mind in the future and want to take over their profile? Am I correct in thinking I just go to their profile -> Edit -> Email address? - by adding an email address to their profile they will get an invitation to join and can then claim their profile and manage it?

Otherwise, no one will be able to properly see their profile until they die and I (as the profile manager) add their death?

Can I add other people as profile managers of unlisted family members (such as their children so I'm not the sole manager just in case anything happens to me)?
in WikiTree Help by Sam Fisher G2G1 (1.6k points)

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Hi Sam,

You are correct about adding an email address to generate an invitation to join. And you can add other members to the trusted list of your profiles, and designate them as managers, if you like. Click on the privacy tab to do this.
by Peggy Watkins G2G6 Pilot (844k points)
selected by Susan Laursen
Sam, please be aware that profiles for children below the age of 13 can only be added by their parents.

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