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You can now view a nested list of anyone’s children, and children’s children, and children’s children’s children … . It’s like the inverse of a family tree. Instead of climbing up through ancestors you’re digging down through descendants.

If you have children, click here to view your descendants page.

You can see anyone’s descendants by clicking the icon to the right of their name on their profile page, or clicking the “Family Tree” tab and then selecting one of the descendant icons.

What makes this feature especially meaningful, I think, is how it highlights the connections between distant cousins. When I click to see all the descendants of an ancestor and see my name on there, it reminds me of my special connection to all the names on the list.

Hello WikiTreers,

Did you see the site this week? We introduced a super-sweet round of improvements, many of which were suggested by you guys.

One suggestion that I heard from four or five of you was to add a bigger-picture way to view family trees. And you made clear: “it should be easy to print.” Check.

Every person profile now has a Five-Generation Family Tree page. Click on the green “Family Tree” link on your profile. It has the basic information going back to your great-great-grandparents, links to full profiles, and makes clear where information is missing.

Keep your suggestions coming.

Onward and upward,

Chris