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The strongest WikiTree identification for his father is\n[Robert Kerr (Kerr-15792)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-15792). Robert's\nattached son [James Kerr (Kerr-15790)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-15790)\nhas the exact 23 August 1765 South Leith birth found in the same indexed\nRobert-Kerr/Jean-Murray household. This is strong identity evidence, not merely\na same-name resemblance.\n\nNo compatible prior WikiTree profile was established for Jean Murray. The\nduplicate review was repeated and she was created as [Jean Murray\n(Murray-36890)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Murray-36890). Robert and Jean\nare now Alexander's confident parents, and Jean is connected to Robert as his\npartner. The links and citations were verified publicly on 2 September 2026."},{"title":"Source findings","category":"sources","markdown":"| Source | Finding | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [Alexander Kerr baptism, XTR1-J68](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTR1-J68) | Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950: Alexander Kerr, male, born 11 April 1762; christening at South Leith, Midlothian; father Robert Kerr and mother Jean Murray. Record reference `2:18R91G8`, digital folder `007908871`, microfilm `1067771`, batch `C19503-6`. Parent record occurrences are [Robert, XTR1-J6D](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTR1-J6D) and [Jean, XTR1-J66](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTR1-J66). | Direct indexed evidence for both parents. The image is unavailable, so the exact original wording and any residence or occupation cannot be checked here. |\n| [Alexander Kerr, FamilySearch MVG2-LPY](https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MVG2-LPY) | FamilySearch person corresponding to the same 1762 baptism. Its displayed tree has no parents attached. | Useful person identifier, but not independent parentage evidence. |\n| [James Kerr birth, FQM6-KJW](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQM6-KJW) | James Kerr born 23 August 1765 at South Leith; parents Robert Kerr and Jean Murray. FamilySearch PID `KZQ9-PZM`. | Exact match to Kerr-15790's date and place; strongly identifies Kerr-15792 as the Robert in Alexander's baptism. |\n| [South Leith household search](https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=100&q.birthLikeDate.from=1745&q.birthLikeDate.to=1780&q.fatherGivenName=Robert&q.fatherSurname=Kerr&q.motherGivenName=Jean&q.motherSurname=Murray) | Indexed children of Robert Kerr and Jean Murray include Jean (1757, `FQM8-T7J`), Ann (1758, `XTR1-J6P`), Patrick (1759, `XTRB-T1M`), Robert (1760, `XTR1-JF2`), Alexander (1762, `XTR1-J68`), James (1765, `FQM6-KJW`), Magdalen (1768, `FQM8-T7P`) and Charles (1769, `XTTM-L6J`), all at South Leith. | A coherent twelve-year parent pair and parish cluster. Duplicate index presentations account for the larger raw result count. |\n| [Kerr-15792](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-15792) | Robert Kerr, born 13 June 1725 at Newbattle, Midlothian; now connected to Jean Murray and sons Alexander and James. | Strong existing-profile match because his son Kerr-15790 is the exact 1765 South Leith child of Robert Kerr and Jean Murray. |\n| [Kerr-14420](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-14420) | Alexander's live profile has the exact 11 April 1762 South Leith birth, spouse Christian Child, and no attached parents. Its biography already names Robert Kerr and Jean Murray from a derivative Ancestry presentation of the same FamilySearch index. | The FamilySearch record directly confirms the biographical parent statement. |"},{"title":"Duplicate assessment","category":"assessment","markdown":"### Robert Kerr\n\nA focused WikiTree search for Robert Kerr, born around 1730 in Scotland,\nreturned 16 results. [Kerr-15792](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-15792) is\nthe compatible match because his attached son Kerr-15790 is the exact James\nborn 23 August 1765 at South Leith to Robert Kerr and Jean Murray.\n\n[Robert Kerr of Newfield (Kerr-5175)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-5175)\nis not this man: he married Eleanora Nugent and has a separately documented\naristocratic family. The Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, Dumfriesshire and emigrant\nRobert Kerr results likewise have different places or families. **Do not create\na new Robert Kerr profile; use Kerr-15792.**\n\n### Jean Murray\n\nA broad WikiTree search for Jean Murray around 1730 in Scotland returned 237\nresults, many of them first-name variants or married-name matches. No result\nwas found with husband Robert Kerr or the South Leith children. The nearest\ngeographical loose candidate, [Murray-6367](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Murray-6367),\nwas baptised in 1711 at Cockpen and would have been about 57 when Charles was\nborn in 1769; nothing on that profile connects her to Robert or South Leith.\nThe 1751 Edinburgh and 1756 Canonbie candidates are too young to be mother of\nthe child baptised in 1757, and other displayed profiles have different spouses\nor distant parishes. **No compatible WikiTree profile found—create a new\nprofile**, after repeating the spouse-and-child duplicate check immediately\nbefore creation."},{"title":"Recommended action","category":"actions","markdown":"**Completed 2 September 2026:** Kerr-15792 was linked as Alexander's confident\nfather and Murray-36890 was created and linked as his confident mother. Jean's\nprofile cites the 1757, 1762 and 1765 South Leith child records. Alexander's\nmanaged biography now links both parents and cites XTR1-J68 directly while\npreserving its three existing Ancestry citations. Jean's previously blank birth\nand death locations were set to South Leith and marked uncertain.\n\nJames Kerr-15790 remains orphaned and therefore was not edited. WikiTree labels\nhim as Alexander's half-brother until Jean is attached to James, although\nFQM6-KJW explicitly names Jean as his mother. If the original South Leith OPR\nimage becomes accessible through Scotland's People, inspect it for residence,\noccupation and wording before adding further facts."}]}],"similar_people":[],"potential_parentage":{"children_recorded":[{"id":"Kerr-14419","name":"William Kerr","birth_year":1792,"death_year":1862,"gender":"Male","parent_ids":["Kerr-14420","Child-2372"],"html_url":"/people/kerr-14419.html"}],"earliest_dated_son":{"id":"Kerr-14419","name":"William Kerr","given":"william","given_tokens":["william"],"gender":"Male","birth_year":1792,"birth_place":"Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland","death_year":1862,"parent_ids":["Kerr-14420","Child-2372"],"html_url":"/people/kerr-14419.html"},"earliest_dated_daughter":null,"second_dated_son":null,"second_dated_daughter":null,"third_dated_son":null,"third_dated_daughter":null,"naming_controls":{"matches":0,"mismatches":0,"factor":1.0,"details":[]},"candidates":[],"method":"Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.","warning":"Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage."},"presentation":{"version":"21","position":{"answer":"Alexander Kerr (Kerr-14420), born 11 April 1762 at South Leith, is explicitly recorded as a son of Robert Kerr and Jean Murray. The strongest WikiTree identification for his father is Robert Kerr (Kerr-15792). Robert's attached son James Kerr (Kerr-15790) has the exact 23 August 1765 South Leith birth found in the same indexed Robert-Kerr/Jean-Murray household. This is strong identity evidence, not merely a same-name resemblance.","points":[]},"opening":"Alexander Kerr (Kerr-14420), born 11 April 1762 at South Leith, is explicitly recorded as a son of Robert Kerr and Jean Murray. The strongest WikiTree identification for his father is Robert Kerr (Kerr-15792). Robert's attached son James Kerr (Kerr-15790) has the exact 23 August 1765 South Leith birth found in the same indexed Robert-Kerr/Jean-Murray household. 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