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We're Related!
- One of the really cool things about WikiTree is that everyone only gets one profile, which makes connecting with cousins and seeing your relationship with someone - by blood or marriage - a click away using the Relationship Finder (RF) or Connection Finder (CF), respectively.
- So what to do with that information?
Stickers
WikiTree has three stickers that can be used to show your connection to anyone - Descendant, Relationship Sticker, and Connection Sticker - and many projects have dedicated or tailored stickers that you could also use on your profile (see the following sections for WikiTree-Wide Stickers and Project-Specific Stickers, respectively). "Heritage Stickers" (below) include "Roots Stickers", "Ancestor" stickers, "Born In" stickers, and "Lived In" stickers. For societies, such as DAR, there is the "Society Member" sticker (see below). For a selection of how WikiTree members display their relationships, see Examples (below).
For all stickers listed, please be sure to check the template page for details about the use of the sticker. Most will say how the sticker is intended to be used and all will include details such as sticker parameters. This page was created to share the three WikiTree-Wide Stickers as well as a list with some basic information about available "Project-Specific Stickers". While the Project-specific stickers listed below have some notes, you should still check the template page for additional information and to verify that the information hasn't changed - this page is updated manually. For an automatically updated display of all stickers, with notes, see this page (especially the National section).[1]
Remember that even if stickers can be used on an ancestor's profile, it does not necessarily mean that they should. Stickers added to profiles other than your own need to follow WikiTree's guidelines for stickers (the sticker is relevant to the person represented by the profile, no one objects to the sticker being displayed, and the profile has no more than five stickers).
Profiles for your ancestors are restricted to no more than five stickers (and WikiTree guidance says three is better - see Help:Stickers), but there is no limit to the number of stickers you can have on your own profile.
WikiTree-Wide Stickers
Descendant
- {{Descendant
- |id=[[Plantagenet-70|Edward III]]}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided it follows WikiTree's guidelines for stickers (the sticker is relevant to the person represented by the profile, no one objects to the sticker being displayed, and the profile has no more than five stickers). It is very flexible. See Template: Descendant for details.
- The following coding can be used to add a clickable link showing the relationship according to WikiTree, but you'll need to add the appropriate WikiTree IDs. Note: If one of the WikiTree-IDs is your own, the sticker should be used only on your profile page, not your ancestor's profile.[2]Descendant of Charlemagne (per WikiTree).
- [https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=WikiTree-ID&person2_name=WikiTree-ID WikiTree]
- The example uses the following coding:
{{Descendant||id=[[Plantagenet-70|Edward III]] (per [https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Plantagenet-70&person2_name=Carolingian-77 WikiTree])}}
Relationship Sticker
- NOTE - The Relationship Sticker and the Connection Sticker are restricted for use on profiles of active WikiTree members only.[3]
- {{Relationship Sticker
- |name=Liz
- |id=Noland-165}}
- {{Relationship Sticker
- |image=WikiTree_Images-30.png
- |relationship=12th cousin, twice removed
- |name=Queen Elizabeth II
- |id=Windsor-1}}
- {{Relationship Sticker
- |image= Popular_Errors_in_Colonial_and_Medieval_Lineages-1.png
- |name=Edward III
- |id=Plantagenet-70}}
- Note that the clickable link to the results of Special: Relationship will not work in the examples - it will once saved on your own profile (it won't work until it's saved - in other words, it won't work in preview either).
- This sticker is restricted for use on profiles of active WikiTree members. The two parameters are required (the name and the id of the person you're related to). The rest, including the RF trail, is automatic. You can change the default image by using the "image=" parameter. See Template: Relationship Sticker for details.
Connection Sticker
- NOTE - The Relationship Sticker and the Connection Sticker are restricted for use on profiles of active WikiTree members only.[3]
- {{Connection Sticker
- |image= WikiTree_Images.png
- |degrees=20
- |name=Kevin Bacon|id=Bacon-2568}}
- {{Connection Sticker
- |image=WikiTree_Images-30.png
- |name=Nikola Tesla
- |id=Tesla-1}}
- {{Connection Sticker
- |image= Popular_Errors_in_Colonial_and_Medieval_Lineages-1.png
- |name=Queen Elizabeth II
- |id=Windsor-1}}
- Note that the clickable link to the results of Special: Connection will not work in the examples - it will once saved on your own profile (it won't work until it's saved - in other words, it won't work in preview either).
- This sticker also is restricted for use on profiles of active WikiTree members. It is different from the "Related to" sticker only in its wording (including the path link being the CF trail) and default image. See Template: Connection Sticker for details.
Project-Specific Stickers
Check the project page of the project managing the profile you're interested in for more information about the project (and in case I missed any in the following list). The project box displayed on a project-managed profile will include a link to that project's main page.
Acadian Project
- {{Acadian Sticker}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
Bermuda Project
- {{Bermuda Sticker}}
- While this sticker can be used on any profile, its wording restricts it to persons who were "significant" to Bermuda's history. It is, therefore, not included in the "Heritage Stickers" category.
- Template: Bermuda Sticker
- Project: Bermuda
- Contact the project for additional information about the use of this sticker. See Help: Stickers for information about the use of stickers in general.
Descendants of Pocahontas Project
- {{Pocahontas}}
- Note - the trail will not work until the sticker is saved to a profile.
- This sticker is not restricted to profiles of active WikITree members, but should not be used on a profile unless the generated trail to Pocahontas is valid (each parent/child relationship supported by reliable sources). For more information, see
DNA Project
- {{YDNA 700 Earliest Known Ancestor}}
- {{MTDNA Earliest Known Ancestor}}
- These stickers are not included in the "Heritage Stickers" category, since they are used on the ancestor's profile - the Earliest Known Ancestor of a BigY700 or mtDNA tester - not the tester's profile.
- The sticker automatically adds the profile to a category, either for the haplogroup or a DNA Project Maintenance Category. Use should follow sticker and WikiTree guidelines; contact the DNA Project if you need assistance:
- Template: YDNA 700 Earliest Known Ancestor
- Template: MTDNA Earliest Known Ancestor
- Help: Stickers
- Project: DNA
Germany Project
- {{Nonmigrating Ancestor |addinfo=Born in Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein. |flag=German_Flags-35.png |tooltip=Dithmarschen flag }}
- The Germany Project used the Nonmigrating Ancestor sticker for "born in" or "lived in" stickers when needed. Now, however, the project has both a {{Germany Sticker}} as well as the {{German Roots Sticker}} (listed below).
- For locations without a Roots sticker, there's the Heritage Sticker. For locations without a born in or lived in sticker, the Templates Project recommends using the Nonmigrating Ancestor sticker.
- See Germany Project Templates for additional coding for stickers that you can add to your profile; for images, see German Flags. Stickers based on either the Nonmigrating Ancestor sticker or the Descendant sticker can be used on any profile, provided their use follows project and WikiTree guidelines:
Huguenot Migration Project
- {{Huguenot Descendant}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
Ireland Project
- Many projects now have a space page devoted to templates and stickers relevant to the project. For example, the Irleand Project's Ireland Badges Templates and Stickers page. See also Ireland on this page.
Italy Project
- See Italy Project Templates. One of them, the Italian Roots Sticker, is listed under I, below. See also the Society Member sticker, which has an option for OSIA - the Order Sons of Italy in America.
Latin America Project
- {{Latin American Roots Sticker}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
Magna Carta Project
- {{Descendant
- |image=Magna Carta Team Base Camp.png
- |imagetext=Magna Carta Project logo
- |id=several [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Barons]]}}
- {{Descendant
- |image=Magna Carta Team Base Camp.png
- |imagetext=Magna Carta Project logo
- |id=[[Calvert-24|Leonard Calvert]], [[:Category:Gateway_Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]]}}
- Just two of several options to show that you are descended from a Magna Carta Surety Baron or one of the project's Gateway Ancestors.
- These stickers are based on the Descendant sticker, so they can be used on any profile, provided their use follows project and WikiTree guidelines:
Mayflower Project
- {{Mayflower Descendants
- |passengerID=
- |passengerName= }}
- This sticker is restricted for use on profiles of active WikiTree members. For more information, see
Nantucket Founders and Descendants Project
- {{Nantucket Founders and Descendants Sticker
- |descendant}}
- Note: The sticker has 18 switches you can use to display the name of the founder you descend from (there were 18).
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
- Template: Nantucket Founders and Descendants Sticker
- Project: Nantucket Founders and Descendants
- Help:Stickers
New Netherland Settlers Project
- {{New Netherland Descendant Sticker}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines :
Palatine Migration Project
- {{Palatine Migration Descendant}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines :
Puritan Great Migration Project
- {{PGM Descendant}}
- Note: Add a | and your ancestor's WikiTree ID and name:
- {{PGM Descendant
- |[[WikiTree-ID|PGM Ancestor Name]]}
- {{PGM Descendant
- This sticker is restricted for use on profiles of active WikiTree members. For more information, see
Quakers Project
- {{Quakers Sticker
- |addinfo=descendant
- |living=y}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
South Africa Project
- {{South African 1820 Settlers Sticker}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
US Presidents Project
- {{US President Relative
- |Roosevelt-18}}
- Note: See Category:US Presidents for their WikiTree IDs.
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
US Southern Colonies Project
- {{Descendant
- |id=a Southern Colonist}}
- Note: Replace "a Southern Colonist" with [[WikiTree-ID|Name of Your Ancestor]].
- The sticker is based on the Descendant sticker, so it can be used on any profile, provided its use follows project and WikiTree guidelines:
Jamestown Stickers
- {{Descendant
- |image=Flags-8.jpg
- |imagetext=Cross of Saint George
- |id=[[WikiTree-ID|Name]], a Jamestown settler}}
- {{Descendant
- |image= Gibson-5871.jpg
- |imagetext=Image of James Forte at Jamestowne
- |id=[[WikiTree-ID|Name]], a [http://www.jamestowne.org/qualifying-ancestors.html Jamestowne Society Qualifying Ancestor]}}
- Just two of several options to show that you are descended from Jamestown colonists. For more, see Stickers for Jamestown Colony.
- These stickers are based on the Descendant sticker, so they can be used on any profile, provided their use follows project and WikiTree guidelines:
United States Project
- The United States Project does not have a descendant sticker, but see the list of stickers by State at Category: United States Project Stickers & click through to their template pages for coding and parameters. All of the State-level stickers can be modified to show "born in...", some have a "|text=" parameter that allow you to use it to note your descendancy from a famous son (or daughter) of that state, and at least one of its subprojects has its own descendant sticker (Texas). This list displays the stickers and includes the stickers' parameters.
Texas
First Peoples Project Stickers
The First Peoples Project is the administrative umbrella project for a host of projects, ranging from the complex First Peoples Canada Project to the Chibcha Tribe of Colombia (a sub-project of the Muisca Confederation Project). The very popular Descendants of Pocahontas Project is actually a team under the Native Americans Project, which falls under the First Peoples Project umbrella.
Many of these projects have project boxes for profiles they manage. They also have the following stickers (arranged alphabetically by sticker name). Please do not use these stickers casually. The profile should include valid support for the sticker used.
Cherokee Clans
- {{Cherokee Clans|Wolf}}
- Note that Cherokee clan identity comes from the mother. Please document the source of your information in the biography. Profiles lacking this documentation are subject to having the sticker removed. Generally, living Cherokee would not display this sticker.
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
First Peoples Canada Sticker
- {{First Peoples Canada Sticker|nation=Metis}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
Indigenous Australians Project Stickers
- {{Indigenous Australians Sticker}}
- {{Torres Strait Islander}}
- These stickers can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
- Template: Indigenous Australians Sticker, Template: Torres Strait Islander
- Project: Indigenous Australians
- Help: Stickers
Indigenous Colombian Sticker
- {{Indigenous Colombian Sticker}}
- This sticker was created to be used on profiles of members of the Muisca Confederation and of the Chibcha Tribe, but can be used on the profile of any Indigenous Colombian provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
Native American Sticker
- {{Native American Sticker|tribe=Ojibway}}
- This sticker can be used on any profile, provided its use follows sticker, project, and WikiTree guidelines:
Pocahontas
- {{Pocahontas}}
- Note - the trail will not work until the sticker is saved to a profile.
- This sticker is not restricted to profiles of active WikiTree members, but should not be used on a profile unless the generated trail to Pocahontas is valid (each parent/child relationship supported by reliable sources). For more information, see
Heritage Stickers
A "Heritage Sticker" is available if there's not a dedicated sticker for your ancestors, roots, or heritage.
This section includes dedicated "Heritage Stickers", mostly created for projects (see this category). They include "Roots Stickers" and stickers that display similar wording. I refer to them as "Ancestor" stickers, since that wording is along the lines of "... ... ... has English ancestors." Note that the England Project conveyed the following stipulation about its {{English Ancestor Sticker}}
- The English Ancestor Sticker should only be used on a profile "where the person or their ancestors were English emigrants to another country. Please do not use on the profile of a person who spent their life in England."
This caveat makes sense for all of the Roots Stickers. "Born in" stickers can be used for those who were born in the country of their ancestors. There's even a "Born Abroad" sticker you could use (see below). And many projects have "Lived in" stickers that can be used for those who were born there, immigrated there, or were "of" there (lived in the place for a significant amount of time). The New Zealand sticker notes on its template page that it can be used for people who were born in or who immigrated to New Zealand. If there is not an existing "Born in" or "Lived in" sticker for the place you are looking for, use the very flexible Nonmigrating Ancestor sticker (originally created as a "one flag" option to the Migrating Ancestor sticker, for those who did not leave the country where they were born). These two stickers are listed under Additional Personal Stickers, below.
While the "Roots Stickers" and "Ancestor" stickers are most often used by active WikiTree members if they, or their ancestors, emigrated from their "Roots" location, the "Born in" and "Lived in" stickers are equally appropriate for ancestors' profiles (keeping in mind the "5/3" rule - no more than five stickers; three is better).
The following list of Heritage Stickers contains even less information than the list of "Project-Specific Stickers, so please be sure to check the sticker's template page to see if its use is restricted. Because all stickers use the base template "Sticker", you can find them all in Category: Stickers (the entries with "/docs", which hold the template's documentation, display the same as the entries without "/docs", which hold the template's coding). Or you can add the sticker's main name (what's between {{ and the the first | ) to wikitree.com/wiki/Template: - for example:
Note: If the coding example in the list below is clickable, clicking it will take you to the sticker's template page.
The "Description" section of the template page may note how the sticker can be used, or text below the Info box may give details. Check the Info box for a timeframe and a project - if a timeframe shows, say, 1200-1776, then it's not a sticker that you can use on your own profile, since you were not alive between those years. Knowing the project is helpful if you're not sure whether or not you can use the sticker on your own profile. Another way to tell if a sticker is managed by a project is if it adds a category (if it does, the Examples table will have a column for the category/ies).
And the best reason to check a sticker's template page is to discover the hidden treasures that might await you. For instance, the example for the Canada sticker (below) gives one glint ("|born in=yes" - otherwise it's a "Lived in" sticker), but there's so much more. The sticker at right (or above, depending on screen size) is based on the Canada Sticker!
J - M - N - P - S - U - W
A
African-American
African Ancestry
- Note: See the "Parameters table" at Template: African Ancestry for a list of ethnic groups supported by the sticker.
Argentina
Australia
- See this page (specifically, this section) for all available stickers related to Australia.
B
Belgian Roots
C
Cameroon
Canada
China
Czech Roots
D
Denmark
E
Egypt
England
- Note: The English Ancestor Sticker sticker is restricted to use on profiles where the person or their ancestors were English emigrants to another country. The England Sticker (the "born in" sticker) would be appropriate for people who spent their life in England.
F
French Roots
Finland
G
German Roots
H
Hungarian Roots
I
Iceland
India
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italian Roots
J
Jamaica
Jewish Roots
K
Kenya
M
Malaysia Sticker
Malta Sticker
Mauritius Sticker
Mexico
N
Netherlands
New Zealand
- Note: This sticker is for people who were born in or who immigrated to New Zealand, but you must include a location, which adds the profile to that category (after saving, check to ensure the category exists). See Template: New Zealand Sticker for details.
Norway
P
Polish Roots
Portugal
Prussia Sticker
Puerto Rico
S
Scotland
- {{User Scottish Clan|clan=Clan MacDonald}}... ... ... is a member of Clan MacDonald.
- See also this section of this Scotland Project page and this G2G post.
Slavic Roots
Slovik Roots
South African Roots
Spain
Swedish Roots
Switzerland Sticker
U
Ukrainian Roots
United Kingdom
United States
- See the list of stickers by State at Category:United_States_Project_Stickers. Click through to their template pages for coding and parameters. This list displays the stickers and includes the stickers' parameters (if any).
W
Wales
- See also Wales Stickers, which includes coding to use for "born in" stickers showing the 13 Historic Counties.
Additional Personal Stickers
While descendancy and heritage is personal, the following stickers are more specific and did not quite fit under the previous headings.
Born Abroad
Ethnicity
Language
- The template page has a link to Wikipedia's list of the ISO 639-1 codes. It also explains the levels and why you might include that you do not speak a particular language (for example, if you are a member of Project: France, you might want to note that you speak no French). If you use this sticker, you must at least add the code for your native tongue.
Migration
- See Template: Migrating Ancestor for details on parameters. The template page also has links to pages showing flag images that are available (including the Flag Images category).
- See Template: Nonmigrating Ancestor for details on parameters.
- Note - There are several projects that focus primarily on migrating ancestors - easily identifiable by "Migration" being included in the project's name. Check their project pages for more information, which may include additional stickers. Ones appropriate to add to your own profile are listed above (Huguenot Migration Project, Palatine Migration Project, and Puritan Great Migration Project); the entries include links to the project page.
Military
- From Template: American Patriot: "Originally created for American Patriots living 1773-1789 (see this G2G discussion), the sticker now has parameters that allow it to be used on the profile of any American Patriot. See the table of examples (below) for how the default sticker displays and examples using the parameters added in July 2021." The first sticker at right is the default. The second is one of the examples (see Template: American Patriot for the coding and for additional information and examples).
- See Template: Veteran Recognition for images and details on parameters. (I used an example from a branch of the US military because I'm familiar with US military.)
See "Military" for a list of other stickers related to the Military.
Society Member
- {{Society Member
- |society=Freemason
- |living=yes}}
- Note: See Template:Society Member for societies supported by the sticker.
- The sticker can be used on any society member's profile (past or present).
Need Images?
You can use a different image for any sticker with the parameter image= as an option. Finding a good sticker image can sometimes be a challenge (what might look good on the image page may be too busy to look good "sticker sized"), and the question has been raised in several G2G posts (see for example this post and this one and this comment, which was the source for the initial list below, and from June 2023, this discussion).
I think there are probably lots more WikiTree members with image pages to share. If you're one of them & your page is not listed, you can send me a private message or post a comment with the link to your page.
In addition to exploring the following links, remember that you can right click on any sticker image to see the file name (this should work unless the sticker's image has been coded to be clickable), which is what you need to add as the image= parameter.
- Category Pages
- These two top-level categories should help you find whatever you are looking for: the first will list all stickers and the second should capture all the other image pages in its subcategories.
- Flag Images
- See more under the Flag Images category and the subcategories found there.
- Religion Images
- Occupation Images
- MGPsStickerImages (also under WikiTree Members' Pages)
- Swedish Profession Templates
- Space: Occupation Image Capture, aka Sticker Image Repository
- Project Information
- Template: Canada Flag (under Category: Canada Project Stickers) - click a flag on the template page to go to the image page for that flag; see also Space: Flags of Canada
- First Peoples Project Images
- German Flags (on the Germany Project Templates page)
- Nordic Project Images (includes flags)
- Scotland (G2G post with links and information about Scotland Project stickers; also listed above)
- Some Images for Migrating Ancestor Stickers (US Southern Colonies Project Images)
- Template Pages
- Those are just a sampling. The template page for many other heritage stickers found listed on this page may include different images or links to pages to find images, as the template page for the Migrating Ancestor sticker does.
- WikiTree Members' Pages
- ADWP
- MGPsStickerImages
- Background I/Sticker Art
- Background I/Profile Graphics
- Susie's Resource Bucket
Examples
This section is for sharing examples of how active WikiTree members share their relationship(s) with others. It's a selection based on variety. If you'd like to see a profile added, let the page manager know (send a private message, so we don't include someone's profile without their permission).
- Stickers
- Noland-165 - see especially Noland-165#stickers
- Bullets
- Table/s
- Space: Immigrant ancestors of Cheryl Hammond - a space page posted by Hammond-2140 - is an excellent example of using tables.
- List
- Narrative
- Lancaster-1279 - see especially Lancaster-1279#Magna_Carta
- Space Pages
- Thiessen-117's
- Crandall branch (still a work in progress)
- Recent Migrating Ancestors (after 1840)
- Space: Noland-165 Followed Tags
- Closer Connections - "We're related!" applies to fellow WikiTree members too
- Emma (McBeth) MacBeath--Wiki Cousins - a space page posted by Emma McBeath
- Footnotes
- ↑ Collections of stickers can be found on several pages, aside from "Automated:Template Sticker" just referenced and this Relationship Stickers page. Because Stickers are all created using the Template:Sticker base, they are all listed under Category:Stickers. On that page, you'll find several sub-categories (such as Category:United States Project Stickers). There is also Francis Lehman's "The Encyclopedia of Sticker Templates".
- ↑ Descendant stickers placed on ancestors' profile that are not relevant for that person will be removed from the profile. For example, King Edward III's relationship to Charlemagne is relevant to Edward - not so much to Charlemagne, since Edward is just one of many royals who descend from Charlemagne. The coding example given to show Edward's relationship to Charlemagne would be removed from Charlemagne's profile. It could also be removed from Edward's profile at the discretion of the profile manager (project or person), if there were too many stickers, or if anyone objected to it being displayed.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Relationship Stickers and Connection Stickers added to profiles other than your own will be removed. See Category:Member-Only Stickers for other Heritage stickers that can only be used on active WikiTree members' profiles.
- Relationship Stickers - need Project help with update Jan 6, 2023.
- changes tab for space pages no longer has links to changes Oct 13, 2021.
- How to find images to use in stickers Sep 1, 2021.
- Check out the new Relationship Sticker & Connection Sticker! Jul 13, 2021.
- Login to request to the join the Trusted List so that you can edit and add images.
- Private Messages: Send a private message to the Profile Manager. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
- Public Q&A: These will appear above and in the Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum. (Best for anything directed to the wider genealogy community.)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Template:YDNA_700_Earliest_Known_Ancestor
Thanks!
edited by Mags Gaulden
Could you check the #DNA Project section that I added, to make sure the info I posted is appropriate?
Cheers, Liz
However, if you have uploaded suitable images, I think you could use the Heritage Sticker for both. See Template: Heritage Sticker. As mentioned above, under Space:Relationship_Stickers#Heritage_Stickers:
Cheers, Liz
Cheers, Liz
edited by Ellen Smith