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Highlight my ancestors

W Andrews
W Andrews ✭✭
November 27, 2022 in Suggest an Idea

When I go back several generations, I lose track of my line and then don't know the way back. Or, if I select an individual ancestor and show his/her tree, I do not know the path through his/her descendants down to me. Please highlight my line so I can see the path back to myself.

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  • genthusiast
    genthusiast ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 27, 2022 edited November 27, 2022

    Highlighting your relation path might not be a bad Idea ...

    When selecting that person's Tree view - you are correct - the person card does not have the View Relationship option which could resolve the issue without having to open that person page.

    Until such a feature is available within Tree views - there might be some workarounds/process to help you find your way back:

    A. Change the tree view to Fan Chart - this allows you to see more generations than Landscape.

    Click Home person icon (Typically you). This will change the tree view to your tree and hopefully then - seeing more generations - you can find your way back to the other person.

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    B. Open that person's page - on any person page you can indeed View Relationship to see your relationship path (within 15 generations):

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    C. Use the Recents menu to view a list of any person pages you have recently opened

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    D. Change the tree view to Descendancy and expand all descendancy lines until you find yourself (or recognize names)

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    So if the person is within 15 generations - plenty to loose your relationship path - the easiest current option is probably B or C - open that person page and click on View Relationship.

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