Smart album & organizing

If I currently have a smart album titled "kids" and I upload a new event and title that event "kids", I notice that this new album is not automatically added to the contents of the existing smart album. Am I correct, and how are the new events with that set title added to an existing smart album? TY!

The "title" of a smart album has no bearing on what is in it - what is the smart album criteria that you set?
Have you tried a new smart album with "event contains kids"?
LN

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