What happens to your watchlist if you change your Last Name at Birth?

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I have a new member who entered his biological name in the Last Name at Birth field, but he would prefer to have his Last Name at Birth showing as his adoptive name.

I know that changing his LNAB will wipe out his contributions -- there are only a few at this point. What will happen to his watchlist? Does it remain intact?
in WikiTree Tech by Julie Ricketts G2G6 Pilot (481k points)
Hello, Julie!

The watchlist should remain intact whenever a profile manager changes his/her LNAB. The only change would be to the manager's own profile ID within the list.

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Here's what I learned yesterday because I actually ended up with three situations involving changing names, merging, etc ...

Your watchlist follows your email address. So, if you need to merge your profile with one that someone else created for you, just make sure that you select the email checkbox during the merge so that your email gets attached to the new profile.

I still don't have confirmation on this, but I believe that merging to a new profile (including a Last Name at Birth change) will wipe out your contributions. 

Can anyone confirm that?

by Julie Ricketts G2G6 Pilot (481k points)
selected by Susan Laursen
It doesn't wipe them out but you have to work a little harder to view the ones prior to the merge/LNAB change.

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