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Glossary

Every word the app uses, in plain language.

Add / Link: Add creates a new person. Link joins two people who are already in the tree.
Adopted, foster, step, birth: The four ways a child can belong to a parent. Each has its own line style in the tree.
Avatar: A ready-made portrait used when a person has no photo.
Caption: A short text under a picture, recording or video in a gallery.
Connection: A link between the same person in two different trees. It joins what you see, without changing either tree.
Discoverable ("Being found"): A switch for each of your trees. When on, other people can search for it and ask to connect. Off by default.
Done: The button that finishes editing, or leaves a view. After Done, Undo is no longer available.
Edit mode: The state you enter with Edit Node, in which you can change the tree. Only owners and managers can enter it.
Forest: A group of trees joined together by connections, shown together on one screen.
Gallery: The pictures, audio recordings and videos of one person.
Manager: Someone the owner gave permission to help edit a tree. A manager cannot delete the tree.
Memories: All the galleries of a tree (or a forest) on one page, grouped by year.
Node: Another word for a person, one circle in a tree.
On-boarding tips: The yellow help bubbles that point at buttons the first time you visit a page.
Owner: The person who created a tree. Only the owner can delete it.
Passkey: The technical name for signing in with your fingerprint, face or screen lock.
Perspective: Seeing the tree redrawn from one person's point of view.
Pinned: A tree you starred so it stays at the top of your list.
QR code: A square pattern a phone camera can read. Asal Ku uses it to open a shared tree.
Share link: A web address that gives access to a tree to anyone who has it, for viewing or for helping manage.
Spouse: A partner in a couple, with a status of married, divorced or not specified.
Storage: The space for pictures, audio and video. Each account has 1 GB.
Tree: One family tree, with its own people, name and description.
Undo / Redo: Take back, or put back, your last change. Available until you press Done.
Viewer (view only): Someone who can look at a tree but not change it.