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Step-by-step guides to everything you can do in Kindred, on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web.
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Getting started
- Get started with Kindred What Kindred is, how to create an account with email, Google or Apple, sign in, reset your password, pick a language and find your way around.
- Start or join a family tree After you sign up: start a new family tree, or join your family's tree with an invite link or code, then check the details they added about you.
- Kids and parents How children under 13 sign up with a parent's approval, how parents approve or decline, choose families and roles, and manage or remove a child's account.
Your family tree
- Find your way around the family tree What each person on the tree shows, how the tree is arranged, and how to zoom, move, search, center on yourself and open a person on every device.
- Add relatives to your tree Add parents, children, partners and siblings, link someone already in the tree instead of a duplicate, and fill in details from your phone's contacts.
- Edit a person's details The person page explained: every field, photos, documents, contact buttons, who can edit whom, fixing relationships and removing someone from the tree.
- Keep several family trees Create, switch, rename and leave family trees, see every family at once with All families, and keep the same person in sync across trees.
- See where your family comes from The Where we come from map shows every relative's birthplace, lines tracing how the family moved, and who is still missing a birthplace.
- Edit history and undo See every change made to your family tree or to one person, who made it and when, and how to undo an edit to someone's details.
- Share or print your family tree Turn your whole family tree into a poster: share it as an image or PDF from the app, or download, print or save it as a PDF on the web.
Family and sharing
- Invite your family Invite relatives to your Kindred family tree by email, WhatsApp, text message, link or code, choose their role, and manage pending invitations.
- Members and roles What owners, admins, collaborators and viewers can do in a Kindred family tree, how to change roles, remove members, or leave a tree.
- Family feed Share posts with text and photos in your Kindred family feed, like and comment, delete posts, and report or block someone if you need to.
- Send messages to your family Write to the whole family or chosen people, and reach them in the Kindred app, on WhatsApp, by email or by text message, all from one place.
- Events and birthdays See your family's upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, memorials and gatherings, add events, send birthday wishes and get a reminder on the day.
- Notifications Find your notifications inbox, choose how family messages reach you, allow push notifications on your device and decide about Kindred news.
Account and privacy
- Your profile and the Me tab Use the Me tab to edit your profile and photo, add your phone and WhatsApp, change the app language, share Kindred, and sign out.
- Privacy and safety Who can see your family tree, posts and messages, how invitations keep Kindred private, how to report or block someone, and how to manage your data.
- Delete your account How to delete your Kindred account on iPhone, iPad, Android or the web, what's deleted, what stays in the family tree, and what to do instead.