I am 78 with short term memory problems.
Is there a way to view my tree (vertically) similar to Ancestry’s Vertical Tree View?
That way I can see relationships (nieces, nephews, siblings, etc.) more easily.
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Ancestry still has quite a few bugs and a lot of programming to do, but the tree view is the best I know.
So it should be used as a task for the programmers of all (!) genealogy programs.
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I seem to recall that went when RM8 came out. Missed it ever since! I too find the Ancestry one more intuitive and easy. Strangely, when you open the tree of a DNA match in Ancestry it defaults to a horizontal tree; however there is a handily placed button that allows you to select a vertical tree if you so prefer. Not a bad idea for RM to do something similar so users could choose their favourite format.
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There isn’t a tree view like Ancestry’s, but you could try the Descendant View to see the nieces, nephews and siblings.
For me, it’s not just about horizontal or vertical, but about being able to jump visually in the family tree.
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This is not at all a new topic, but I am very much in agreement here. The vertical branching trees is a great feature. Ancestry itself has limits to what it can show, but there is nothing that seems to come close to that dynamic branching. (FWIW, I’ve tried to see if competing software offers it and it apparently does not.) I like Roots Magic a lot, but the inability to show siblings and cousins dynamically is sorely missed.
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The life summary view does display sibling quite nicely.
but as for other relationship (such as cousins) not easily in a dynamic way
Cousins would display on the Descendant View.
sort of agreed but likely not as most user want or need.
I believe relationships enhancements previously reported to development would address that.
I have a special color coding that addresses that Cousins are Yellow, Aunt/uncles Orange for example(