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System-wide Settings

Family Positions

Customize the Family Position dropdown menu to include additional roles, and understand the permissions and restrictions associated with primary and secondary family positions.

You can create additional choices for the Family Position drop-down list field, seen when people update their own profiles or when you add/edit them.

By default, the choices include Head, Spouse, Child, and Other. But you may want to track extra positions such as "grandparent," "godparent," or "guardian." Once created, you can rearrange the positions to determine how they are ordered for users.

Primary positions like head and spouse are important because, with them, come certain permissions. For example,

  • A primary family member can change a child's profile page, for instance, or update the family phone number and address.

  • Only primaries can share giving.

  • Only children can be in multiple families.

  • When a child is emailed, the parents are copied on the email. See also Enable Parent/Guardian Oversight for Ministry Areas.

    • If a group member has the family position of child, his or her parents will also receive the email.

    • If the child is connected to multiple families, the parents in both families will be emailed.

    • Note: If a child and parent share an email address, only one email is sent to that address. In the email history log, this will show as only one email, and might show the child's name as the recipient instead of the parent.

There are other abilities and restrictions, as noted throughout this guide, that hinge on someone's family position.

Create New Family Positions

Add choices to the Family Position drop-down list.

You must be an administrator to do this.

  1. In the top-left corner, click your site name then Realm. Then click Profiles > Settings.
  2. On the Family Positions tab, click Add Primary Position, Add Child Position, or Add Other Position.
  3. Enter the label name.
  4. Click Save.

Reorder Family Positions

Change the order of family positions in the selection list.

You must be an administrator to do this.

  1. In the top-left corner, click your site name then Realm. Then click Profiles > Settings.
  2. On the Family Positions tab, click just left of the field you want to move.
  3. Click-and-drag the field to its new position, and release it. This order determines the order of the drop-down selections on the user's profile page.
  4. Click Save.

Delete Family Positions

Delete any family positions that you no longer need.

You must be an administrator to do this.

  1. In the top-left corner, click your site name then Realm. Then click Profiles > Settings.
  2. On the Family Positions tab, point to a position.
    Note:

    You can only delete fields that your church added. The predefined positions of "primary", "child", and "other" cannot be deleted but can be edited.

  3. Click the ellipsis icon then Delete.
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Last updated: July 8, 2026