Inviting and Connecting

Inviting a family member

Person invitation (recommended)

A person invitation ties the new member to a specific record in the tree.

1. Open a family panel: click a family card, or run family open <alias>.
2. Go to the Members tab.
3. Click 🔗 next to the person you want to invite.
4. Share the generated link with the right person by any trusted channel.

When they open the link and accept, they join as that specific person. They get access to the family group chat and can receive direct messages from other connected members.

Family invitation

Lets someone join a family cell without being assigned a specific record yet — useful when you want to chat before completing their entry.

1. Open the family panel → Invite tab.
2. Share the link.

You can assign them to a specific person record later.

Connecting two trees

Use this when you have found a cousin who maintains their own separate tree and you share a common ancestor.

What connecting does

After connecting, a bridge appears in both trees as a dashed line between the shared ancestor in your tree and the corresponding person in your cousin's. You can open a direct message thread with your cousin from their person record in your tree.

The two trees stay independent — you keep yours, they keep theirs. Only the bridge and the message channel are shared.

How to connect

1. Run tree merge or click Connect Trees in the toolbar.
2. Choose the relationship direction:
   • Lateral — you and the other person are at the same generation (cousins).
   • Ancestor — the other person's tree extends further back.
   • Descendant — your tree extends further back.
3. One person taps Show QR, the other taps Scan QR.
4. Both sides confirm the shared person. Tap Connect.

The bridge is established on both sides.