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I made a serious error by merging 2 similar profiles. I tried to reverse it but am unable.

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Because I merged the two, I can't go back. How can I fix this?
WikiTree profile: William Bowles
in WikiTree Help by Lynn Hemrick G2G6 Mach 1 (16.7k points)

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Hello Lynn.

Just edit the merge resulting profile and re-create the profile that was merged away.

For more information see

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Merging#Accidental_merges

by Rubén Hernández G2G6 Pilot (682k points)
selected by Rob Judd

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