Diana, You need to delete the Family Record that linked X to Y. In the Records Window open the Families tab. If not shown then use View > Record Lists > Families. Search the records for an entry for "...of X" by entering X in the Husband box at the top. If you expand this record it should only link to the Husband X. Then delete this Record by pressing the Delete key on your keyboard. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of diana Sent: 04 January 2014 16:48 To: [email protected] Subject: [FHU] Deleting a blank box I am doing a project for someone else. One person, X, had a long-term liaison with another person, Y, (both were married) and there was a child and further descendants from this liaison. I have been asked because of sensitivities to remove all references to this liaison so I have deleted all the individual records for Y and her descendants. However on the diagram X is still shown with two boxes for the two partners. One is his wife and the other is where the other partner Y would have been. This latter box is blank and on the Record Properties it says that there is no record selection. Is it not possible to get rid of this blank box which now does not represent anybody? I am warned that if I delete it I would be deleting the entire tree. (I know I can hide it but that is not what I want to do. And I know that what I am doing is not good practice genealogically speaking!) Diana