> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nycadultedlabels.nyc/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Duplicates and siblings
> Review flagged and auto-detected duplicate student records with address comparison.
Data Leads use **Students → Duplicates** (`/admin/duplicates`) to resolve potential duplicate records. Each pair shows **home addresses** and how they compare.
## Who can access
**Admin** and **Data Lead** only.
## How intake surfaces matches
During **NEW** registration, Intake shows possible matches with match scores. Staff can:
* Stop if it is the same person
* Check **This is a different person** to flag siblings for Data Lead review
* Use **Copy alert message** for Teams or email
## Flagged section
Students marked by Intake Members with **This is a different person** appear here for review.
Intake may flag a pair when names and DOB are similar but the student insists they are a different person — often siblings.
## Auto-detected section
The system scans students for:
* **Same DOB + similar name** (fuzzy match, including middle-name omissions), **or**
* **Same DOB + same home address** (even when names do not fuzzy-match)
Pairs already confirmed as siblings, manually dismissed, or still flagged in the first section are excluded.
## Address comparison
Between each pair, a comparison block shows:
| Badge | Meaning |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Same verified address** | NYC-standardized data matches |
| **Same address** | Street, apt, city, and ZIP align |
| **Same building** | Same building, different unit — likely siblings |
| **Different address** | Different homes — sibling at new address or possible move |
**Matched by address** appears when the pair was surfaced primarily by home address, not name similarity.
Each student card also shows their formatted address (street + apt on one line, city/state/ZIP below) and a **Verified** badge when NYC Geoclient confirmed the record.
## Actions
| Action | Result |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Confirm Siblings** | Links both records bidirectionally; sibling badge appears on student pages |
| **Merge Records** | Copies missing fields (including address and apt) from secondary to primary and removes the duplicate |
| **Dismiss / Not a duplicate** | Hides the pair permanently |
**Merge** permanently deletes the non-primary record and frees its drawer slot. Choose the record with the most complete data as primary.
## Related pages
* [Intake workflow](/workflows/intake) — how intake flags siblings and runs address-aware duplicate checks
* [Address and NYC verification](/reference/address-and-verification)
