Friends and coworkers belong on the map too

Family trees feel natural. Cousin, sibling, in-law. Most of the people who shape your week sit outside that frame: the friend who introduced you to your partner, the coworker who knows every stakeholder, the book-club host who knows half the room.

Robin Vale used to keep those ties in his head. At a holiday dinner he could name blood relatives. At a studio launch he guessed wrong about who knew whom, and an intro that should have been warm landed cold.

Memlane’s Relationship Map builds from Related people links — the same labels that sync with Apple and Google Contacts. Family sits there clearly. Friends, partners, and other ties sit there too when you name them on the contact card.

You do not need a second social network. You need honest links on people you already keep. Open someone’s card, set how they connect, then open Maps and walk the graph. Select yourself on the tree and the focus panel lists Friend beside family labels — Jordan Lee sits there as a friend, not as kin.

Build links with Related people, then explore the Relationship Map. We want richer “how I know them” views over time; the graph you can edit today is the start.