Raginpert, King of the Lombards - This line is like a worm hole.

Yes, indeed. Many of the medieval lines are like this. New users come in with a burst of enthusiasm and enter long strings of duplicates without any sources or any expertise in the area. It's just stuff they copied from somewhere.

I did some light clean up here, but in general it's not worthwhile trying to maintain these old lines. You can be pretty sure this one will be messed up again within a month or two.

Thanks Justin. That was a speedy clean up... Awesome! :)

A simple search om "Lombards" shows duplicates in most of those profiles, if you should care to do more. ;))

I promise I'll do more -- as soon as Geni introduces relationship locking ;)

Also; Raginpert is now listed as

1) Father of Aripert II de Turin, Duke
2) Brother of Aripert II, King of the Lombards

I suspect these two should be merged into one person, at least by name (-not by relationship).

I thought so too, but a quick check shows he appears in online sources in both positions. It's a virtual certainty then that fixing it now will just look like an invitation for someone to add the "missing" Aripert back in the other position. I know I sound pessimistic, but I just don't think it's worth fixing problems like that when it means someone will have to fix it every month for eternity.

If you feel like taking on the problem, the answer is easy -- check

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aripert_II

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aripert_II.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariperto_II

Ultimate source: Paul the Deacon, Historia Langobardorum