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- How do I change the parents of someone in my tree?
- How do I change my root person/tree owner?
- How do I edit details already in my tree?
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- Importing Gedcoms
- Why do I see an error when trying to view my tree?
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- What are Relative Profiles?
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How do I change the parents of someone in my tree?
If you've made a mistake and added someone to the wrong parents and the correct parents are already entered in your tree, you can now amend this yourself.
Once you've located the right relation, click on the 'edit' tab below their name or on the little tab with two arrows in it on the top right hand side of the tree page to open the details box. Scroll down the details box on the right hand side of the page to the Relationships section. Click on the 'Change' tab beside one of the incorrect parents and a 'Find an existing relation' search box will appear. Start typing the name of the correct parent and it will appear below the search box. Click on the correct name and then on 'Save' to save the changes. Repeat the process for the other parent, again saving the changes.
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