# Copying a child to a new parent

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copying-a-child-to-a-new-parent/324699>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 3, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copying-a-child-to-a-new-parent/324699 "2011-09-03T20:37:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![sogj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sogj/32/3189_2.png) [@sogj](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sogj)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copying-a-child-to-a-new-parent/324699/1 "2011-09-03T20:37:13Z")

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Some forums suggested to simple add the child to the new parent and it would automatically be removed from the old parent. However, these were Actionscript 2.0 forums and the suggestion didn’t work - it removed the child but never added it back.

```auto
MovieClip(root).bmc.addChildAt(currentLetter, 0);

```

Is it possible to take a child from one parent and add it to another in AS3?

ETA: I am trying to MOVE, not copy, the child.