Person Profile

Viewing a Person’s Profile in Your Family Tree

Every person in your family tree has their own profile: a single place to see who they are, how they connect to everyone else, and the photos and stories attached to them. It is useful whether you are planning seating for a 400-guest wedding or just keeping the family record straight before Diwali.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you’ll need a family tree with at least one person added to it.

Opening a Person’s Profile

How to get there: Dashboard > Family Tree > tap a person

1. Open Family Tree from your dashboard.
2. Find the person you want in the tree view.
3. Tap their card to open their full profile.
4. Use the back arrow at the top left to return to the tree.

Tip

When you are building a large tree, work outward from one branch at a time: open a person, fill in their details, then move to whoever sits next to them. Jumping around the tree is how duplicate entries creep in.

Moving Between the Profile Tabs

How to get there: Dashboard > Family Tree > tap a person > tab row at the top

Each profile is organised into tabs across the top of the screen. On a phone, swipe the tab row sideways to reach the ones that are off-screen.

1. Tap Overview for the person’s core details at a glance.
2. Tap Timeline to see their events and milestones in date order.
3. Tap Relationships to see how they connect to other people in the tree.
4. Tap Cultural for community, ritual and tradition details, if your tree has this turned on.
5. Tap Media & Stories for photographs, documents and written memories.
6. Tap Privacy to see who can view this person’s information.
7. Tap History to see what has changed on this profile and when.

Note

The Cultural tab only appears when cultural details are enabled for the tree. If you do not see it, the setting is off for that tree rather than for that person.

Next Best Action

Once a profile is filled in, most organisers:

• For a wedding tree: Link relatives into family groups
• For a memory archive: Upload photos and stories

Checking Privacy Before You Share

How to get there: Dashboard > Family Tree > tap a person > Privacy

1. Open the person’s profile.
2. Tap Privacy.
3. Review who currently has access to their details.

Caution

Family trees often include children, elders and people who never signed up themselves. Check the Privacy tab before you share a tree link in a family WhatsApp group.

What to Do Next

Your Situation	Recommended Next Step
The profile is missing details	Edit a person’s details
Someone is connected to the wrong family	Fix relationships
You have old family photographs	Upload photos and stories
You are building a wedding guest list	Turn your tree into a guest list
Relatives want to view the tree	Share your family tree

Related Articles

• Building Your Family Tree - how to create a tree and add your first people.
• Editing a Person’s Details - update names, dates and contact information.
• Managing Relationships - link parents, siblings, spouses and in-laws.
• Photos and Stories - build a shared family archive.
• Cultural Details - record gotra, community and ritual roles.
• Privacy and Sharing - control who sees what.
• Change History - see who edited a profile and when.
• From Family Tree to Guest List - invite relatives to your event.

Troubleshooting

“Something went wrong loading this profile” - Usually a patchy connection. Tap Retry. If it keeps failing, close and reopen the app, then try again.

“This person is no longer part of this tree” - The person was removed, or they were moved into a different tree. Go back to the tree view and search for them there.

The tab row is cut off on my phone - Swipe the tab row left or right. All tabs are there; narrow screens just show a few at a time.

The Cultural tab is missing - Cultural details are switched off for that tree. Ask whoever manages the tree to enable them.

Nothing loads and the screen just spins - Check your connection, then go back and reopen the profile. Very large trees take a few seconds on slow networks.