Spouse born after death of the other.

Coralie Davies

Hello,

I have an issue with people adding a spouse to my Great Great Grandfather who died 11 years before this person was even born. There seems to be no way to delete this person as a spouse who shouldn't be there. They physically couldn't be the spouse, and just because people share the same name does not mean they are one and the same person. There is no pencil provided to edit this relationship and no way to delete this person. I've followed the articles and they don't work, even going through the latest changes. Do I just delete my GG Grandfather altogether and start again? Thanks.

Áine.ní.Donnghaile

@Coralie Davies Good morning.

We can probably be more helpful in resolving the issue if you share the identifying information for your 2nd great-grandfather. Near his name, you'll see a series of numbers and letters as in this example:

Generally, we don't delete profiles but edit them. Once another contributor has edited a profile, it cannot be deleted.

Hope this helps!

Paul W

Basically, it's a case of just having to remove the relationship between two individuals that were not partners / spouses.

Click on the pencil icon, then follow the steps as partly illustrated below. Take care that you go to the right "spouse" when you do this, however: otherwise, you could end up detaching (correctly attached) children from your 2x great-grandfather.

As Áine.ní.Donnghaile suggests, providing the actual example (ID) of your 2x great grandfather will allow you to get "tailor-made" advice as to the precise procedure to sort your problem.

Coralie Davies

Hi and thanks for your help. I figured it out. I deleted the children that were not my GG Grandfather's children via this wrong spouse - especially as they were born around 30 years after he passed, and it sorted itself out. I didn't know how to do this as there was no pencil icon to edit the other spouse. But once the children were deleted, it righted itself. I put some notes on that profile to point out that this person could not have married my GG Grandfather as he was deceased before she was even born. The generations appear to have been mixed up by the person who added it. I do think it would be much simpler if the pencil icon was on every couple for editing. However in this case it wasn't.

Thanks again for all your help and advice. If it happens again, I will definitely give it a go. 😊😍👍️

Cheers and thanks

Coralie