Getting a child's real coordinates

programming flash
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[QUOTE=ajcates;2326487]stage.childsName.otherChild.x

Why can’t you use that then?[/QUOTE]

I can, but that will give me “otherChild”'s x position in relation to “childsName”. For example if I did:

stage.addChild(Dad);
Dad.x = 100;
Dad.y = 100;
Dad.addChild(son);
trace (Dad.son.x);

It would return 0 even though it’s position will technically be 100.