Households: Showing Who Lives Together
Circle the people who share a home with household outlines: lasso them, group them from Bulk Edit, rename, recolor, set years, hide or ungroup.
In genogram notation, a line drawn around several people means they live in the same household. GenogramAI draws these outlines when the Households view is on.
Turn household outlines on
Open Views in the main toolbar (the layers icon) and tick Households. There is no separate house button in the toolbar any more. On a phone, tap ⋯, open View Layers and use the Family tile. If you have no households yet, a bar offers suggested households (couples and their children): click Keep these to accept them, or Draw your own.
Create a household
Option 1: Household lasso
- Click Household lasso in the toolbar or press L.
- Draw a loop around the people who live together (at least two). Press Esc to cancel.
Option 2: Group from a selection
- Select the people (Shift+click, or box select with B).
- Click Group in the footer of the Bulk Edit panel.
Or tell the AI Assistant: "Maria and Beatriz live together, put them in one household."
Edit a household
Click a household outline to open its card, where you can:
- Type a Group name (for example "Grandma's house").
- Pick a Style: Household (live together, dashed line), Temporary (lived together for a time, dotted line) or Highlight (shaded area, no outline).
- Set Years (start and end year, or Now) and a Colour.
- Add people with the search box, or remove someone from the group.
- Hide this group, or Ungroup (the people stay).
Bringing back a hidden household
When you have hidden suggested households, the Views menu shows Show 1 hidden group (or Show 2 hidden groups and so on) under Households. Click it to show them again.
Households in exports
To keep outlines on your canvas but leave them out of a file, turn on Hide family groups in the Export image, Export as PDF or Print window. Households don't appear in the key; they are shown only as outlines.