The Root Person
The Root Person https://help.heredis.com/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Heredis Help Knowledgebase https://help.heredis.com/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpgThe Root Person is the individual at the base of your genea¬logical research. By default, Heredis defines the first person entered in your genealogical file as the root person and assigns the Ahnentafel number 1 to this person.
Heredis indicates that a person is part of the Anhentafel lineage (direct ancestry of the root person) by the yellow color of the heads 
and 
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To access the root person
• Click the Root button 
in the taskbar.
• Select Find > View Root Person.
To modify the root person
1. Display the new person to be at the base of the genealogy currently open in Heredis.
2. Select Person > Define as Root Person
The new root person will bear the Ahnentafel number 1 and all other Ahnentafel numbers will automatically be reassigned by Heredis based on the new root person.