# Display List confusion (simple question)

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-list-confusion-simple-question/239893
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 26, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-list-confusion-simple-question/239893 "2007-09-26T22:00:03Z")
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### Author: ![ShooterMG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/shootermg/32/3695_2.png) [@ShooterMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ShooterMG)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/display-list-confusion-simple-question/239893/1 "2007-09-26T22:00:03Z")

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So I have:

var clip1:MovieClip = new MovieClip();  
var clip2:MovieClip = new MovieClip();  
var clip3:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

addChild(clip1);  
clip1.addChild(clip2);

can anyone tell me why it won’t let me go:  
clip1.clip2.addChild(clip3);

What’s the proper way to go about adding children to children?