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title: Pedigree
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  On the **Pedigree** page you see a horse’s family tree and can add or correct
  ancestors by editing or importing them.
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# Pedigree

This page shows the selected horse’s family tree. Use the edit and import actions to add or correct ancestor information.

## What's on this page
- **Pedigree**: visual family tree; on narrow screens it appears as a vertical list instead of the horizontal chart.
- **Edit**: (only if you have permission to manage horses) opens a form where you can fill the fields **Sire**, **Sire sire**, **Sire dam**, **Sire grandsire**, **Sire granddam**, **Dam**, **Damsire**, **Dam dam**, **Dam grandsire**, **Dam granddam**; tap **Save** to store, **Cancel** to discard.
- **Import from Horse‑telex**: (only if you have permission) opens a dialog that searches the external Horse‑telex database, shows a list of matching **Pedigree** entries, lets you navigate with **Previous** and **Next**, and apply the chosen one with **Import**.

## Common tasks
### View a horse’s pedigree
1. Open the horse’s details and go to the **Pedigree** page (you are already here).
2. Look at the family tree displayed; on a phone it will be a vertical list.

### Edit a horse’s pedigree
1. Tap **Edit**.
2. Fill any of the ancestor fields (**Sire**, **Sire sire**, …, **Dam granddam**) as needed.
3. Tap **Save** to keep the changes or **Cancel** to ignore them.

### Import a pedigree from Horse‑telex
1. Tap **Import from Horse‑telex**.
2. In the dialog, pick a pedigree from the list (use **Previous** / **Next** to change pages if needed).
3. Tap **Import** to copy that pedigree onto the horse.

## Good to know
- The **Edit** and **Import from Horse‑telex** buttons only appear when you are allowed to manage horses.
- On small screens the pedigree automatically switches to a vertical list for easier reading.
- Adding “#setup” to the page URL opens the **Setup pedigree** dialog automatically, letting you enter ancestors for a new horse.
- The import dialog only lists results that contain both a sire and a dam; if none match you’ll see the message “We did not found a match in the HorseTelex database”.