Legacy challenges are a fan-favorite in The Sims 4. It's fun to accompany a family throughout various generations and see how it evolves and how big it becomes. As the player chooses their next heir, they might lose track of some family members as they go their own way. Thankfully, the genealogy tree, also known as the family tree, makes it possible for players to easily track their family members even if they grow apart.

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This guide shows players how the family tree works in The Sims 4 so they can find it and know how to use it to check out all of their closest and most distant family members.

How to See a Sim's Family Tree

Where Is the Genealogy Tree in The Sims 4?

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To check a Sim's family tree in The Sims 4, players must open the Simology panel (Y) and then select the Genealogy option, which is located between the Sim's stats and age information.

As players spend more time in their save file, it may take longer for the tree to load all of the Sims on it. Therefore, it is best to wait a few seconds before selecting any Sims on the tree.

How the Genealogy Tree Works in The Sims 4

The genealogy tree in The Sims 4 works just like any family tree. Above their Sim, players can see older generations, and below, they can see the younger ones.

The white lines signify a blood relative, while the pink line indicates a relationship by marriage.

Players can hover over any Sim to check their name and the relationship that they share with the currently selected Sim. To learn more about a certain Sim on the same genealogy tree, players can click on them, and this will allow them to visualize their tree instead. This is how players can gather more information about distant family members.

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The Sims 4

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Simulation
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Systems
PC-1 PlayStation-1 Xbox-1
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Top Critic Avg: 70 /100 Critics Rec: 26%
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Released
September 2, 2014
ESRB
T for Teen: Crude Humor, Sexual Themes, Violence
Developer(s)
Maxis
Publisher(s)
Electronic Arts
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SUBSCRIPTION
DIGITAL
PHYSICAL
Checkbox: control the expandable behavior of the extra info

Engine
Proprietary Engine
Cross-Platform Play
Xbox, PlayStation, and computer versions of Sims 4 are all separate games incompatible with each other
Cross Save
no
Franchise
The Sims
Steam Deck Compatibility
yes
Genre(s)
Simulation
Platform(s)
PS4, Xbox One, PC
OpenCritic Rating
Fair
How Long To Beat
N/A
X|S Optimized
No
File Size Xbox Series
22 GB (November 2023)