Walkthrough
- Open Settings → Tree Management. If you're the Owner of the tree, you'll see a Copy this tree row. If you're an Editor, you'll see it only when the Owner has turned on the "Allow editors to copy this tree" toggle in their Settings.
- Tap Copy this tree. A sheet opens with a quick count — "245 people · 178 relationships" — and the rule of what carries over.
- Give the new tree a name. "Lloyd Family — paternal branch" is a typical pattern. Add an optional description if you want.
- Tap Copy tree. You'll see progress in two phases: copying people, then copying relationships. Larger trees take a few seconds.
- When the copy lands, Rootkin switches you straight into the new tree. You're the sole owner — no one else has access until you invite them.
What carries over
People (with names, dates, birthplaces, and private identity details), and the relationships between them.
What stays in the original tree
Photos, voice memories, activity history, Protector grants, and the Child Protection allowlist. Those don't follow the copy — they live with the source tree where they were created.
When to use this
- Fork a branch. You want to explore a "what if I'm wrong about great-grandpa's siblings?" without changing the shared tree everyone else is looking at.
- Hand off a branch. Your cousin wants to take ownership of the maternal side. Copy the whole tree, give them ownership of the new one, prune the parts they don't want.
- Archive a snapshot. You're about to do a big cleanup pass and want a frozen copy of "the tree before."