In Family Tree, the portrait view displays your pedigree vertically. You and your descendants are at the bottom. Your ancestors are above you. You do not see your spouse’s ancestors.
The portrait view has several advantages:
- You can see many generations of a family at one time.
- You can easily follow one family line back or forward in time.
- You can see record hints, research suggestions, and data problems.
- You can add people, life histories, events, and facts.
- You can copy the ID just by clicking it.
You do not see whether an ancestor is linked to other spouses unless that ancestor is occupying the tree's primary position. Then a small navigation arrow will appear inside the ancestor tile. To view tree information for a different spouse, click the navigation arrow.
Steps (website)
- In Family Tree on the FamilySearch website, click Tree.
- In the top right portion of the pedigree view, click the name of the current view (Fan Chart, for example), then Portrait.
- To move a different person to the main position, click his or her name, and then click View Tree.
- To view more details about a person on the tree, click his or her name, and then click View Person.
- To move the tree around on the screen, click on the background area of the tree and drag it.
- To zoom, click the Plus button ( + ) or the Minus button ( - ) in the top right.
- To expand one family line another 2 generations, click the arrow that is next to the end of that line. Click the arrow again to close it.
- To change the way the portrait view is displayed, click the Options icon
. Then click the following: - To display icons that indicate which people have record hints, research suggestions, data problems, click the options that you want.
- To display or hide portraits, click Portraits.
- Select the Dark Mode option to invert the colors on the page.
- To print a portrait pedigree, click the Options icon
, then Print. When the printable version opens in a new tab, click your browser's print feature to print it.
Steps (mobile)
- In the Family Tree mobile app, tap Tree.
- To view more details about a person on the tree, tap his or her name.
- To move a different person to the main position, tap his or her name, then ..., then View this Tree. To move yourself back to the main position, on an Android device, tap the house icon in the lower right. On an iOS device, tap the pedigree icon in the lower left.
- To move the tree around on the screen, tap the pedigree, and drag it.
- To increase or decrease the size of the tree, tap pedigree and pinch or spread your fingers.
- To expand one family line another 2 generations, tap the arrow that is above the end of that line. Tap the arrow again to close it.
Steps (Family Tree Lite)
Family Tree Lite does not have a portrait view.