The relationships that matter most — in the words your culture actually uses.
Not "grandfather." Dada. Afi. Tātā. Abuelo.
Every culture has its own vocabulary for family. In many South Asian families, a father's brother is a different kind of uncle than a mother's brother — they have completely different names, different roles, different weight. The English word 'uncle' erases all of that.
ECO's kinship language system lets your network display relationship labels in whatever language fits your community. Hindi. Twi. Māori. Yoruba. Spanish. The relationship between two people in your network is shown in the words that belong to your culture — not the nearest English approximation.
Members can also set personal overrides — "I call my grandmother Bibi, show me Bibi everywhere" — without needing approval. And if a term is missing, any member can suggest it. The Conductor reviews suggestions and promotes them to the network's library.
A grandmother is not just a grandmother. She is who your language says she is.
From your family tree, each member sees every relative close to them with the family's word in large type, for example Nani, and the English beside it: "mother's mother." Where the family knows who is older, it can tell Tauji from Chacha.
If everyone calls an uncle "Bade Papa," add it. The nickname is yours, shown only to you, and appears wherever that relative's card does.
A short, plain explainer for children growing up far from where the family comes from: why these words matter, and how to use them with the elders.
Words are in Hindi and Punjabi, and in Spanish, today, with a first list in Twi waiting for elders to check it. More cultures are added over time. Each member can choose the language they want to see, and the network's owner can choose one for the whole family. What we call family is an optional feature, switched on when your network asks for it.
The Conductor sets the kinship language for the whole network. Every relationship label throughout ECO — in the Energy Tree, the directory, hover cards, admin views — renders in that language automatically.
Any member can override their own relationship labels. "I call my grandmother Bibi — show me Bibi in my view only." It takes effect immediately. No one else's view changes. No approval required.
If a term is missing or wrong, any member can suggest a correction. The suggestion includes the term, the language, the relation, and the reason. The Conductor reviews it and can promote it to the network's shared library — or to the platform-wide library for other networks to use.