diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 097076e56..87bfa676a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2006-04-16  Brian Matherly  <pez4brian@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* src/plugins/DescendReport.py: Don't sort children (Bug #1453010)
+
 2006-04-15  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py: provide an event description if one does 
 	not exist.
diff --git a/src/plugins/DescendReport.py b/src/plugins/DescendReport.py
index 83ecef10b..7678020cd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/DescendReport.py
+++ b/src/plugins/DescendReport.py
@@ -174,11 +174,9 @@ class DescendantReport(Report.Report):
                 self.dump_dates(spouse)
                 self.doc.end_paragraph()
 
-            childlist = family.get_child_handle_list()[:]
-            childlist.sort(self.by_birthdate)
-
-            for child_handle in childlist:
-                child = self.database.get_person_from_handle(child_handle)
+            childlist = family.get_child_ref_list()[:]
+            for child_ref in childlist:
+                child = self.database.get_person_from_handle(child_ref.ref)
                 self.dump(level+1,child)
 
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