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LegacyUser
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July 11, 2020 edited July 22, 2024 in Family Tree
How to avoid duplications on a profile?

How do you remove a second instance of a person, basically if they had a second spouse, but they didn't? and how do you keep it from happening? Please see L2H5-MB4 for an example of what I mean

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  • StewartTM
    StewartTM ✭✭
    July 11, 2020

    It looks like the child "Maria" has become attached to the mother twice . . .

    solution is for the "second" instance of the wife - cllick the "attachment icon" next to the child "Maria" below the mother . . . "Remove" the child "Maria" with a reason like "duplicated attachment".

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  • StewartTM
    StewartTM ✭✭
    July 11, 2020

    apologies - the child is Marie . . . not Maria!

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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    July 11, 2020

    Thank you so much. I hadn't thought to check to see if there was a child attatched to that second instance of the wife.

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  • Chas Howell
    Chas Howell ✭✭✭✭✭
    July 11, 2020

    Looks like the "second instance" is caused by the fact that a child Marie MZ4Y-KW7 is attached to two sets of parents, (Lar Andreas Johnsen & Thomine Hermanson) and the other (A unknown Father/Add Spouse & Thomine Hermanson).

    To fix this look at the child Marie attached to the unknown father and Thomine. Click on the box with the pencil icon, then click Remove or Replace next to Marie's name and remove those parents. Marie will stay attached to the correct parents (Lar Andreas & Thomine) and Thomine will only show up once not twice.

     

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  • Chas Howell
    Chas Howell ✭✭✭✭✭
    July 11, 2020

    One other thing, if you do not see Marie under (Add Spouse and Thomine Hermanson) then just click on the word children under that couple to see her.

     

    FS only shows the children under the Preferred set of parents unless you click on the Children drop down or if you click "Show All"

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