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Households: Showing Who Lives Together
Circle the people who share a home using Family Groups.
In genogram notation, a line encircling several people means they live in the same household. GenogramAI calls these Family Groups.
Turning household circles on
Click the Family Groups button — the house icon in the toolbar at the bottom of the editor. Household circles are drawn around each group of people who live together.
Creating a household manually
- Select the people who live together (Shift+click or box-select)
- Group them — a colored household circle is drawn around them, and Family Groups view turns on automatically
- Click the group to rename it (for example, "Grandma's house") or change its color
The fastest way is often the AI assistant: "Maria and Beatriz live together — put them in one household."
Households on exports
If you want the circles in your working view but not in the final document, use the Hide family groups toggle in the export dialog — the export omits the circles without touching your canvas. We recommend this over hiding a group on the canvas itself when you only need a clean export.