Oh, okay - I see now: Those 3 profiles I contacted you about deleting: Engberg Brandenburgh; Barend Frederick Lèobe and Margareth de Lespierre - were appearing as Jacoba's parents, and that's why you deleted them?
Ahh - the penny drops :-)
Okay so it's likely that a mis-merge had occurred somewhere and the three above got relocated to Jacoba's ancestry. Can you see how deleting them without consulting the managers wasn't the best option? We would have lost 3 valid profiles from the tree, as their relationship lines were incorrect, not the fact of their existence. (Please please add to their About the research you found out about them too. That will help us if it happens in the future again)
I can see why you did it, my friend, because as a non-pro user you're stuck with very few options to sort out mismerge tangles. I hadn't thought deleting was one of them either, though. Mike Stangel - how is it possible that a non-pro user can delete profiles on which she is not a manager? That leaves non-pro users with only one - the most lethal tool of all - to fix incorrect relationships with: deletion. Or am I missing something?
So, I'm definitely not saying it's your fault, Danielle - If you hadn't noticed - it would still be all mucked up! :-) Well done you. Just that you can yell to the Curators and other managers to participate in helping you clean a tangle on the tree without resorting to deleting, when you come across one.