Relationship Viewing: How do I turn on or off the option to view my relationship to other users?

Family Tree is a growing collection of family genealogies, contributed by people from all over the world, over many years.

The shared nature of the tree makes it possible for users to see how they are related. Both users must enable relationship viewing.

When you enable relationship viewing you agree to allow other users to see certain aspects of your account:

• Their relationship to you
• Your profile
• Your portrait photo in Family Tree, if available
• Shared ancestors

Information about living individuals in your tree is not visible to other users as part of relationship viewing.

The relationship information is available when another user clicks your profile in Family Tree or Memories. An option to view the relationship is displayed, along with the contact details.

You can enable or disable relationship viewing in your account settings.

Steps (website)

1. Sign in to FamilySearch.
2. In the upper-right corner, click your name.
3. Click Settings. 
4. Click Permissions.
5. In the Viewing section, click the toggle beside Enable Relationship Viewing.
6. Read the explanation and then click Enable.

Steps (mobile app)

1. In the Family Tree mobile app, open the menu:
   
   • Apple iOS: In the lower right, tap the 3 lines.
   • Android: In the upper left, tap the 3 lines.
2. Tap Settings. 
3. Tap Permissions.
4. Below the Enable Relationship Viewing option, read the message to see what information is available to other users.
5. To turn on the option, tap Enable Relationship Viewing.

Steps (Family Tree Lite)

You cannot view your relationship to others in Family Tree Lite. Please use the Family Tree mobile app instead.

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