You can fix relationship mistakes in your tree by disconnecting people from incorrect relationships and reconnecting them correctly. When you disconnect someone from a relationship, it does not delete them, but they may not appear in your family tree until you correctly reconnect them.
Duplicate people
If you have the same person in your tree more than once, see Merging Duplicate People to merge them.
Half relationships
Sometimes, in a family tree, a relationship is shown as “half,” like a half-sibling or half-aunt, when it should be a “whole” relationship. You can fix this by adding or connecting a second parent to the person labeled as a half-relative. Be careful not to create a new person as their parent; instead, choose them from your tree.
If someone is incorrectly listed as their parent, disconnect the wrong person and reconnect the correct person.
Disconnecting people and relationships
- Go to your tree, find, and click on the person with a relationship you want to change.
- In the opened card, click Profile.
- In the top-right corner of their profile page, click Edit and then choose Edit Relationships.
- Write down the name(s) and important dates (birth and death) of anyone you'll disconnect. This could help you find and reconnect them to the right people later.
- Next to a relationship you want to disconnect, click the X.
- Click Remove.
- (Optional) To reconnect the right person or relationship here, skip to step 4 in the next section.
Reconnecting people and relationships
- Go to your tree, find, and click on someone you want to reconnect other people to.
- In the opened card, click Profile.
- In the top-right corner of their profile page, click Edit and then choose Edit Relationships.
- Click the + Add button for the type of person or relationship you want to connect.
- Select someone in your tree or add a new person.
- To select someone in your tree: Enter their name and select it when it appears, then click Save.
- To add a new person: Click Add new person, enter their information, and click Save.
