colour change on tree?

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Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 1 Send Message	Sandra	Report	14 Nov 2020 13:02
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 1 Send Message	Hi. Does anyone know if there is a way to highlight (poss change colour) the direct ancestors on a Genes Reunited family tree? My forest keeps growing and it would be helpful to have something to draw the eye to a direct line of descendents and leave the aunts, uncles, cousins etc in the usual colour. Thanks
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,515 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	14 Nov 2020 13:22
	Not on GR as far as I can tell - the program is in their domain If you create a tree on your own computer, you may have that facility, but you'd probably have to pay for the software You could enter the names in capital letters.......................
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,316 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	14 Nov 2020 15:35
	You can't change the colour. You need to decide on something that you know means a direct ancestor. Capital letters, as Erika suggests, or some other way. I put an asterisk in the "middle name" box. E.g. - First name: John Middle name: * or if the person has an actual middle name I would put, for example, *Robert Surname: Smith
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.