Relationship

A relationship between two individuals in a family tree as represented in the Family Graph API.

This object contains information about how two individuals in a family tree are related.

Fields

The Relationship object contains the following fields:

Name	Description	Type	Access Mode
individual	The target individual of the relationship	Individual object: id and name fields	read, write
relationship_type	Type of family relationship between the source and target individuals (see list of possible relationship types below)	string	read, write
relationship_description	Description of the relationship type in the current language	string	read
class_name	The object class name	string	read

Relationship types

Relationship types:

Relationship Type

father

mother

parent

son

daughter

child

brother

sister

sibling

husband

wife

partner

ex-husband

ex-wife

ex-partner

grandfather

grandmother

grandparent

grandson

granddaughter

grandchild

uncle

aunt

niece

nephew

Example

https://familygraph.myheritage.com/individual-144530322-1000001/immediate_family (open in browser)

{
	"data": [
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000002",
				"name": "Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (born Bouvier)"
			},
			"relationship_type": "wife",
			"relationship_description": "Wife",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000090",
				"name": "Arabella Kennedy"
			},
			"relationship_type": "daughter",
			"relationship_description": "Daughter",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000003",
				"name": "Caroline Bouvier Schlossberg (born Kennedy)"
			},
			"relationship_type": "daughter",
			"relationship_description": "Daughter",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000004",
				"name": "John Fitzgerald \"John-John\" Kennedy, Jr."
			},
			"relationship_type": "son",
			"relationship_description": "Son",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000091",
				"name": "Patrick Bouvier Kennedy"
			},
			"relationship_type": "son",
			"relationship_description": "Son",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000005",
				"name": "Joseph Patrick Kennedy"
			},
			"relationship_type": "father",
			"relationship_description": "Father",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000006",
				"name": "Rose Kennedy (born Fitzgerald)"
			},
			"relationship_type": "mother",
			"relationship_description": "Mother",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000010",
				"name": "Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr."
			},
			"relationship_type": "brother",
			"relationship_description": "Brother",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000011",
				"name": "Rosemary Kennedy"
			},
			"relationship_type": "sister",
			"relationship_description": "Sister",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000012",
				"name": "Kathleen (Kick) Agnes \"Kick\" Cavendish (born Kennedy)"
			},
			"relationship_type": "sister",
			"relationship_description": "Sister",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000014",
				"name": "Eunice Kennedy Shriver (born Kennedy)"
			},
			"relationship_type": "sister",
			"relationship_description": "Sister",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000018",
				"name": "Patricia Lawford (born Kennedy)"
			},
			"relationship_type": "sister",
			"relationship_description": "Sister",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000020",
				"name": "Robert Francis \"Bobby\" Kennedy"
			},
			"relationship_type": "brother",
			"relationship_description": "Brother",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000077",
				"name": "Jean Ann Smith (born Kennedy)"
			},
			"relationship_type": "sister",
			"relationship_description": "Sister",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		},
		{
			"individual": {
				"id": "individual-144530322-1000083",
				"name": "Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy"
			},
			"relationship_type": "brother",
			"relationship_description": "Brother",
			"class_name": "Relationship"
		}
	],
	"class_name": "Connection"
}