The person of focus is the person the family tree branches out from. You can easily change the person of focus on Family Tree’s First Ancestor view from a person’s pop-up menu.
Changing the person of focus makes it easier to do extensive history work for a certain section of your family tree. You can add a new first ancestor for anyone who is listed as the person of focus.
Note: To see who the person of focus is, click the Options icon
, and see who is listed under the Person of Focus section.
Steps
- In the top menu, click Family Tree, and then click Tree.
- Find the person that you want to make the person of focus.
- Click the name.
- In the side sheet, click View Tree.
- They are now the person of focus. You can click the “+” icon to the right above their picture to add a first ancestor.
- To change yourself back to the person of focus, click the Home icon
in the top right.