The Pedigree view mode for family trees shows a root person and his/her ancestors. It does not show siblings, spouses, or anyone else who is not a direct ancestor. In this view, you can navigate to anyone else in your tree and view their pedigree as well.
The new Pedigree view doesn’t replace the original view, which we call Family View. It comes in addition, and you can toggle between the two, as well as a third view called List and the fourth one which is the Fan View.
To navigate to the Pedigree View, go to your family tree and select “Pedigree view” in the upper right-hand corner:
The Pedigree view of your family tree will appear.
You can click on “Family view” at any time to toggle back to your comprehensive family tree:
When you are on Pedigree view, you can click on the settings icon just below “Pedigree view” to set this as your default view:
Individuals appear on the Pedigree view with their maiden names, rather than their married surnames or any implicit surnames. As a new view of your existing family tree, it includes much of the same family tree functionality that you are used to. For example, you can search for individuals in your tree and zoom in and out exactly as you would in the Family view. Any indication badges associated with the profile (e.g., Smart Matches, Record Matches, and DNA badges) also appear in the Pedigree view and may be clicked on to see the respective matches.
The Pedigree view distinguishes between individuals who have Smart Matches and Record Matches pending confirmation (filled in badges) and Smart Matches and Record Matches that have already been confirmed (hollow badges). If all matches have been rejected, because you considered them incorrect, the badge will disappear. This allows you to easily tell which of your ancestors’ profiles require your attention.
Clicking on an individual’s profile in the tree opens the profile panel on the left-hand side of the screen where you can review more details about the individual and about all immediate relatives of the individual, even ones that are not shown in the Pedigree view such as siblings, spouses, and children:
The panel is the best way to navigate to siblings, spouses, and children of the person you clicked, who may not be displayed within the Pedigree view. Simply click any relative’s name to make that person the root person in the Pedigree view.
The Pedigree view shows six generations — the selected root person and five levels of ancestors. If the selected person has more than five generations of ancestors, you will see an arrow to the right of ancestors in the last generation who have additional ancestors in the tree. Simply click any of these arrows to expand the tree for this ancestor and reveal more ancestors on that line:
