Much like Superman III and IV were kind of just...ignored... was it the same with the 3rd and 4th X-Men movies when X-Men: First Class came out?
It seems that most of the inconsistancies with the First Class story come from the last two movies' story lines, so I was just curious.
Answer
The only movie that's not in canon is X-Men Origins: Wolverine, as that has the White Queen being a kid later than the '40s/'50s. This conflicts with X-Men: First Class which has her as an adult in the 60's. As far as I know, the only conflict X-Men: First Class has with X-men 1-3 is Havok being Cyclops' brother. X-Men: First Class' Wikipedia page says that Bryan Singer explains that as Havok not being Cyclops' brother, but is a different blood relative.
The issue of young Xavier and Magneto visiting Jean as a kid could fit in to X-Men: First Class during the recruitment montage. It simply happened off-camera, and wasn't included in the movie. In addition, it must have been misremembered, as it had Xavier already in a wheelchair.
To complicate (or help?) matters, X-Men: Days of Future Past will introduce time travel elements to the franchise. This then allows them to say it's all canon, just in differing timelines.
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