When a person has no children and won’t have children any more because he/she is for example deceased, it is now possible to show this state in your family tree by means of a genealogical sign. To mark a person as childless, you simply click on the profile’s arrow pointing down. Apart from the possibility to add a son or a daughter, you can set “No children” as well.

Instead of an arrow, the genealogical sign for an extinct line will be displayed below the person’s profile: Two crosses. To remove this mark and to add a child, simply click on the symbol.

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Did you know that you can change the number of displayed generations in your tree? By clicking the icon “Settings” in the navigation bar of your tree, you will find the tab “Generations”.

Here, you can adjust the number of generations (2-10) of your ancestors as well as descendants individually. By checking the box “Highlight direct relatives”, the connections to blood relatives will be marked by a black line. The lines linking all other persons are light grey.

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People keep asking us why they can no longer edit this or that profile.

In most cases, the answer is quite simple: The profile in question is “claimed”. Once someone you invited accepts your invitation and participates in building your family tree, he/she claimes the profile and is the only person who can edit or delete it. In your tree, profiles that have been claimed by your relatives no longer show the Profile button to you.

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If you have any photos of your relatives, why not add them to your tree? To upload a portrait picture in your tree, you have to follow these steps:

Clicking on the photo space in a person’s node opens a dialogue box. Click “Browse” to choose a photo. The two arrows on the left rotate the image. You can also cut the photo and choose which part of the picture will be displayed as the portrait.

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You don’t want your family to see all your personal data in your profile? No problem!

You can choose whether your personal data, for example your email address, birthday or postal address, are visible to others in your settings. Click on “settings” on the righthand side above your tree. Under “privacy” you can determine what data is visible to other users.

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Did you know that you can not only display your family tree from your point of view but also from your relatives’?

To do so, simply click “Tree>>” in their nodes. Once the tree has reloaded, you will see it from your relative’s angle. To switch back to angles you chose before or to go back to your own tree, click on the grey names above the tree.

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