An exemplary embodiment provides for a graphical radially-extending family hedge. The family hedge displays a user's ancestors, contemporaneous generation and next generation. Additionally, the family hedge displays the user's spousal and in-law information. Both blood and in-law relations expand out from the user to N degrees of separation. When a member of the family hedge other than the user is selected, the family hedge re-arranges itself such that it expands out to N degrees of separation from the selected member.