How can I remove child listed as a child of a person.

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On checking details of my uncle John Lavelle (Jack) Bates I found his first child listed as John Lavelle which is incorrect. I have tried to remove this incorrect listing but failed. Can someone please advise.

Roger Bates ID 4075
in WikiTree Help by Roger Bates G2G6 Mach 3 (39.0k points)

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Hi Roger.

In the Edit window for the profile, on the right hand side under Edit Family, click on the "add/remove child" link. In the new window that opens, go to the very bottom of the page, select the child to be removed, and click the "Remove Child" button.

Before doing this, you should be sure of your ground. If there may be any doubt, it is helpful to add a source or a research note to the profile explaining why the child previously attached was incorrect.

by Jim Richardson G2G6 Pilot (995k points)
Check changes log of the uncle and child to see who added them and check with that person. It could have been a typo mistake of a number when adding the parent, but the other person should know you are disconnecting them. It could be the parent is someone with same name, different location, etc.
I will say that I had a similar reaction when I saw my grandfather had a child before our current family and my first thought was to remove - but after digging in fairly deep and finding conclusive DNA evidence, it was clear she was his first child, born out of wedlock, and I needed to keep her on the tree. It led to lots of interesting clues that broke open a whole new family for me. So while this might not be nearly that interesting, I just thought I'd point out that there's always the outside chance that the original Profile Manager might have put that child in on purpose, or it could be a mistake. Just good to check all avenues to be safe.
It looks like you are the PM of that person, so other statement was that you had trouble removing him. What trouble did you have?

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