Here are a few examples of when you may need to attach/detach parents without adding or deleting them:
· When a child was mistakenly added to the wrong parents and you need to move the child to the new parents.
· If you added people in the tree without knowing they were parents of another individual in your project and found it out while doing your family research.
· When a child was adopted by an uncle or an aunt (or other relatives who you already added to the tree).
To detach existing parents from a child:
Click the ‘Edit’ button on the person’s card. Select ‘Parents’ and click on ‘Detach from Parents’.
To attach parents from the list of existing people in the tree:
On the child’s person-card, click the ‘Edit’ button. Select ‘Parents’ and click on ‘Attach parents’.
The window with the list of spouses existing in your tree will open. Select the parents’ couple from the list and click ‘OK’.
Note: if you need to show both biological and adoptive parents, you shouldn’t detach the child from the natural parents. Just use the ‘Attach parents’ option as described above, and attach adopting parents. You will be suggested to select the correct relationship.
For more information about adding adopted or step-children, read one of the following articles: