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Viewing and Building Your Family Tree

Your family tree shows everyone you have added to a tree and how they connect across generations. It is the home base for wedding side-by-side family charts, guest planning by household, and keeping track of who belongs to whom.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you’ll need a family tree created from your Velora home screen.

Opening a Family Tree

How to get there: Dashboard > Family Trees > your tree name

1. Open your tree from the list on your dashboard.
2. Wait a moment while the tree loads. The tree’s name appears at the top of the screen.
3. Scroll or drag the chart to move around larger families.

If the tree has no people in it yet, you see a welcome panel instead of the chart, with a prompt to add your first person.

Note

The title at the top shows the tree’s own name, for example Sharma Wedding - Bride's Side. If a name has not been saved yet, a default title appears instead.

Adding a Person

How to get there: Dashboard > Family Trees > your tree > Add Person

1. Tap Add Person at the bottom-right of the screen.
2. Fill in the person’s details on the form that opens.
3. Save. The new person appears in the chart when you return.

Tip

Start with the two people at the centre of the event: the bride and groom, or the founding couple for a family reunion. Add parents next, then children. Building outward from the centre keeps the chart easy to read later.

Next Best Action

After adding your first few relatives, most organizers:

• For weddings: build out both sides separately, then compare household counts before printing invitations
• For family functions like Diwali or a reunion: group people by household so you can plan food and seating per family

Opening Someone’s Profile

How to get there: Dashboard > Family Trees > your tree > tap any person

1. Tap a person’s card in the chart.
2. Review their details on their profile page.
3. Use the back arrow at the top-left to return to the chart.

Tip

Use profiles to store the details that matter on the event day: phone number with the +91 prefix, dietary preference, and which side of the family they belong to. That saves you a round of phone calls the week before the function.

Changing How the Tree Is Displayed

How to get there: Dashboard > Family Trees > your tree > top-right toggle

1. Tap the display toggle in the top bar.
2. Pick the view you prefer. The chart redraws right away.

Your choice only changes what you see. Nothing in the tree itself is added, removed, or edited.

What to Do Next

Your Situation	Recommended Next Step
Tree is empty	Add your first person
Two families to track	Create a second tree
Planning a wedding guest list	Build your guest list
Ready to invite relatives	Send SMS invitations
Many relatives to enter	Import contacts in bulk

Related Articles

• Adding a Person to Your Tree - the form fields and what each one is used for.
• Creating a Family Tree - set up a separate tree per side of the family.
• Editing and Removing People - fix spellings and correct relationships.
• Linking Couples and Children - how partner and parent links shape the chart.
• Building Your Guest List - turn family groups into invitations.
• Importing Guests in Bulk - faster than typing a hundred relatives by hand.
• Sending SMS Invitations - reach relatives on the numbers you stored.

Troubleshooting

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

The screen just spins and never loads - Very large trees take longer on slow networks. Move to a stronger signal or switch to Wi-Fi, then reopen the tree.

I added someone but do not see them - Leave the tree and open it again to refresh the chart. If they are still missing, check that the person was saved rather than left on an unfinished form.

A person shows an ID instead of a name - Their name has not finished loading, or no name was saved. Tap the card to open their profile and add a name.

Two people should be shown as a couple but appear apart - The chart draws couples only once they are linked as partners. Open either profile and add the partner link.

I cannot see the whole family at once - Drag the chart to pan around, and add missing parent links so branches connect instead of floating separately.