diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 83c3c7fde..8e7711f3c 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-05-01  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/plugins/Check.py: delete families that contain only a
+	single parent and no children
+
 2005-05-01  Eero Tamminen  <eerot@sf>
 	* src/dates/Date_fi.py: Fixed Display class + other changes.
 	  Parser is waiting for Gramps DateParser.py update
diff --git a/gramps2/src/plugins/Check.py b/gramps2/src/plugins/Check.py
index 085e5d0bf..20f8fa582 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/plugins/Check.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/plugins/Check.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def runTool(database,active_person,callback,parent=None):
         
         while prev_total != total:
             prev_total = total
-        
+            
             checker.check_for_broken_family_links()
             checker.check_parent_relationships()
             checker.cleanup_empty_families(0)
@@ -294,9 +294,27 @@ class CheckIntegrity:
     def cleanup_empty_families(self,automatic):
         for family_handle in self.db.get_family_handles():
             family = self.db.get_family_from_handle(family_handle)
-            if not family.get_father_handle() and not family.get_mother_handle():
+            father_handle = family.get_father_handle()
+            mother_handle = family.get_mother_handle()
+
+            if not father_handle and not mother_handle:
                 self.empty_family.append(family_handle)
                 self.delete_empty_family(family_handle)
+                continue
+            elif not father_handle and len(family.get_child_handle_list()) == 0:
+                person = self.db.get_person_from_handle(mother_handle)
+                person.remove_family_handle(family_handle)
+                self.db.commit_person(person,self.trans)
+                self.db.remove_family(family_handle,self.trans)
+                self.empty_family.append(family_handle)
+                continue
+            elif not mother_handle and len(family.get_child_handle_list()) == 0:
+                person = self.db.get_person_from_handle(father_handle)
+                person.remove_family_handle(family_handle)
+                self.db.commit_person(person,self.trans)
+                self.db.remove_family(family_handle,self.trans)
+                self.empty_family.append(family_handle)
+                continue
 
     def delete_empty_family(self,family_handle):
         for key in self.db.get_person_handles(sort_handles=False):