Pedigree, family, and lineage

Select Pedigree on an animal's profile to see its family tree, with every animal's full name and a photo wherever a real one has been added. Open Pedigree Studio to explore parents and relatives without changing the saved family tree, add missing parents when you have editing access, or share the pedigree information other people are allowed to see.

See the family tree

1. Open the animal's profile and select Pedigree. The tree appears right on the tab.
2. Drag to move around the tree. Pinch, or use the zoom buttons, to zoom in and out.
3. Use the minus and plus buttons beside the generation count to show fewer or more generations of ancestors.

Every card shows the animal's whole name at every zoom. When the tree is zoomed out, names get smaller instead of being cut off, so zoom in to read them. Details such as registration, birth date, and color appear under the name when there is room.

Open Options to search this pedigree, show siblings or offspring, highlight repeated ancestors, or hide photos. Full screen gives the tree the whole screen.

Open Pedigree Studio

Select Open Studio on the Pedigree tab. Studio opens with the tree on every screen size, including phones.

Explore the family

• Pedigree shows ancestry by generation. Family shows the animal's parents, siblings, and offspring.
• Descendants lets you choose how many generations of offspring to show.
• For Pedigree, choose Tree for a visual tree or List for a scrollable list. Choosing Tree, List, or Table from Family switches to Pedigree.
• Table lists animals loaded in the current view. It is not a search of the entire herdbook.

Select a relative to see its details, then choose Show [name]'s pedigree to explore from that animal. When Home and Recent are shown, Home returns to your starting animal and Recent reopens an animal you viewed earlier. On smaller screens, use your browser's back button. None of these navigation choices changes parentage.

On smaller screens, open More for Tasks, Share, Options, and Add when you have editing access.

Use the pedigree tasks

Sign in and open Tasks for these tools:

• To review brings together pedigree work that needs your attention.
• Ancestor table builds a table of ancestors beyond the animals currently on screen, within your access, ready to export.
• How are they related? compares two animals you can access.
• Hypothetical mating checks a possible pairing privately. It does not record a mating or change either pedigree.
• Import animals starts an import from an existing document or file.

Fill a missing parent

1. Select the animal with the missing parent.
2. Open Add, then choose Add sire or Add dam when available.
3. Search for the existing animal before creating a new reference profile for an ancestor you do not own.

Editing depends on your access to that animal. To change an existing parent, use the edit control in the profile's Family panel. For a document you already have, see Importing a pedigree.

Share without exposing private information

Select Share in Studio to open Share this pedigree. Before Copy link is ready, Creatures checks what a signed-out visitor can see. If your exact view cannot be shared publicly, the link uses a safe public starting view, or a message explains why sharing is unavailable.

Under Printable pedigree, Download PDF and Download PNG require a free account and create a standard pedigree layout from the latest records, not a copy of every current view or task. Private pedigree access remains restricted.

Trust labels describe the support for a record, not a guarantee. Missing information can reflect privacy or an unfinished branch. Add registrations and supporting documents through Records.

Related information

• Adding an animal to Creatures
• Reference animals: documenting lineage and inviting the owner

Updated on: 30/09/2026