Confirm removeChild()?

Another newb question:

If I have the following:

var myMC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(myMC);

…and then…

removeChild(myMC);

…is there a way to “confirm” that myMC is no longer on the display list?

I know that I’ll get this:

trace(myMC); // output: myMC = [object MovieClip]

…but that doesn’t tell me whether myMC is on the display list, just that it’s an instantiated movie clip.

Help please! Thanks.