Whitaker loops? I can't fix this

+6 votes
189 views

No wonder the confusion:

William Whitaker-206 m. Elizabeth Carleton-67 (correct names)

Children: Lydia WhitakerMarcus WhitakerSusannah WhitakerSamuel WhitakerJohn Hancock Whitaker,William Mark Whitaker JrPeter WhitakerJoshua WhitakerSarah (Whitaker) Wilson and Jane Whitaker also correct names.

Now, click on William Mark Whitaker Jr (Whitaker-205), then his "son" Samuel Whitaker-232, and then his "son" William Mark Whitaker Jr. Whitaker-205.

Note each time who the parents are.

error message on posting "That WikiTree ID does not exist (Whitaker-206_Whitaker-205_Whitaker-232_Carleton-67)

Yikes :)

in The Tree House by D Osborne G2G3 (4.0k points)
retagged by Dorothy Barry

Note added to page of William Mark Whitaker Jr. Whitaker-205:

There should be two profiles:

William Whitaker b. 1781- and Mark Whitaker b.1783 both sons of Samuel Whitaker-232 b. 1724 Then we can add marriages and other children for them. 

The children on this profile, Whitaker-205 are those of William Whitaker Jr. 1734-1802 and Abigail DONAHUE 1739-1771

due to the error message, among other reasons, I am not comfortable disconnecting a profile. I'm afraid the profile may become irretrievable.

1 Answer

+2 votes
I just figured this out for one of mine, its the brothers/sisters that have the wrong mother, when you disconnect and reconnect its best if you cut both mother and father and then reconnect the correct ones.  When one is still connected the brothers and sisters do strange things, like having a father who is also a brother.
by Living Zimmerman G2G6 Mach 1 (16.3k points)
will that cause all profiles to show nonexistent?
no, the profiles will all still exist. you can't delete them. you can only disconnect them. then you can later reconnect them properly.

Ok I will post a message for the owner first.

I trust you..... teeth chattering.... 

Its best if you set links [LastName-1234| FirstName LastName] so you can easely find them again, If not they can become hard to find.
thank you Doug

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