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My ggggrandfather comes up in primary position and in the Descendency view

Kathy Barrick
Kathy Barrick ✭
November 6, 2023 edited September 26, 2024 in Family Tree

Why is it that every time I open family tree my ggggrandfather is in primary position and in the Decscendency view ?? I've checked my Settings to make sure I selected myself but it doesn't work. Please help me. This has been going on for 6 months

Kathy

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    November 6, 2023

    Where exactly do you click to "open family tree"? Do you use a browser bookmark, or do you start at www.familysearch.org (the home page) and click Family Tree - Tree from there, or something else?

    For me, the latter procedure produces a tree view of whatever type I used last, centered on me. However, if I start from some other FS page and use that same Family Tree - Tree menu item, I more often get the exact chart view that I used last, that is, it's centered on whoever I was working on, not on me. I don't use this procedure often enough to have figured out any pattern to it.

    One "path" that should always result in a chart centered on you is to go to Recents and click the tree-stublet icon ("View Tree") next to your name, which should always be at the top of the list. If you were last working on descendancy, then the result will be a very short (and useless) descendancy chart for you, but you can switch to the fan chart or whichever pedigree view you prefer using the selector button/dropdown at the top right.

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