diff --git a/frontend/app/trees/[id]/tree/page.tsx b/frontend/app/trees/[id]/tree/page.tsx
index ee9ad00..d37dc16 100644
--- a/frontend/app/trees/[id]/tree/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/trees/[id]/tree/page.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type { components } from "@/lib/api/schema";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
 import { FanChart } from "@/components/fan-chart";
+import { DepthControl } from "@/components/depth-control";
 
 type Person = components["schemas"]["PersonRead"];
 type Relationship = components["schemas"]["RelationshipRead"];
@@ -280,67 +281,6 @@ export default function TreePage() {
     </button>
   );
 
-  // Slider + number stepper + "All" for one generation direction.
-  const DepthControl = ({
-    label,
-    icon,
-    value,
-    all,
-    onValue,
-    onAll,
-    disabled,
-  }: {
-    label: string;
-    icon: string;
-    value: number;
-    all: boolean;
-    onValue: (v: number) => void;
-    onAll: (b: boolean) => void;
-    disabled?: boolean;
-  }) => (
-    <div className={`flex items-center gap-2 ${disabled ? "opacity-40" : ""}`}>
-      <span className="flex w-24 items-center gap-1 text-xs text-[var(--muted)]">
-        <span aria-hidden>{icon}</span> {label}
-      </span>
-      <input
-        type="range"
-        min={0}
-        max={12}
-        step={1}
-        value={all ? 12 : value}
-        disabled={disabled || all}
-        onChange={(e) => onValue(Number(e.target.value))}
-        className="w-28 accent-bronze"
-        aria-label={`${label} generations`}
-      />
-      {all ? (
-        <span className="w-10 text-center text-sm font-medium text-bronze">All</span>
-      ) : (
-        <input
-          type="number"
-          min={0}
-          max={99}
-          value={value}
-          disabled={disabled}
-          onChange={(e) => onValue(Math.max(0, Math.min(99, Number(e.target.value) || 0)))}
-          className="h-7 w-12 rounded-md border border-[var(--border)] bg-[var(--surface)] px-1 text-center text-sm"
-        />
-      )}
-      <button
-        type="button"
-        disabled={disabled}
-        onClick={() => onAll(!all)}
-        title={`Show all ${label.toLowerCase()}`}
-        className={`rounded-md px-2 py-1 text-xs transition-colors ${
-          all
-            ? "bg-bronze text-paper"
-            : "border border-[var(--border)] text-[var(--muted)] hover:text-[var(--foreground)]"
-        }`}
-      >
-        All
-      </button>
-    </div>
-  );
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-4">
diff --git a/frontend/components/depth-control.tsx b/frontend/components/depth-control.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bec1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/components/depth-control.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"use client";
+
+// Slider + number stepper + "All" toggle for one generation direction
+// (ancestors or descendants). Shared by the member and public tree views.
+export function DepthControl({
+  label,
+  icon,
+  value,
+  all,
+  onValue,
+  onAll,
+  disabled,
+}: {
+  label: string;
+  icon: string;
+  value: number;
+  all: boolean;
+  onValue: (v: number) => void;
+  onAll: (b: boolean) => void;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className={`flex items-center gap-2 ${disabled ? "opacity-40" : ""}`}>
+      <span className="flex w-24 items-center gap-1 text-xs text-[var(--muted)]">
+        <span aria-hidden>{icon}</span> {label}
+      </span>
+      <input
+        type="range"
+        min={0}
+        max={12}
+        step={1}
+        value={all ? 12 : value}
+        disabled={disabled || all}
+        onChange={(e) => onValue(Number(e.target.value))}
+        className="w-28 accent-bronze"
+        aria-label={`${label} generations`}
+      />
+      {all ? (
+        <span className="w-10 text-center text-sm font-medium text-bronze">All</span>
+      ) : (
+        <input
+          type="number"
+          min={0}
+          max={99}
+          value={value}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          onChange={(e) => onValue(Math.max(0, Math.min(99, Number(e.target.value) || 0)))}
+          className="h-7 w-12 rounded-md border border-[var(--border)] bg-[var(--surface)] px-1 text-center text-sm"
+        />
+      )}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        disabled={disabled}
+        onClick={() => onAll(!all)}
+        title={`Show all ${label.toLowerCase()}`}
+        className={`rounded-md px-2 py-1 text-xs transition-colors ${
+          all
+            ? "bg-bronze text-paper"
+            : "border border-[var(--border)] text-[var(--muted)] hover:text-[var(--foreground)]"
+        }`}
+      >
+        All
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/components/public-tree-chart.tsx b/frontend/components/public-tree-chart.tsx
index 3ee121d..d7533f6 100644
--- a/frontend/components/public-tree-chart.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/public-tree-chart.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 // Vendored family-chart styles (the package blocks the CSS subpath export).
 import "../app/trees/[id]/tree/chart.css";
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 import type { components } from "@/lib/api/schema";
+import { DepthControl } from "@/components/depth-control";
 
 type Person = components["schemas"]["PersonRead"];
 type Relationship = components["schemas"]["RelationshipRead"];
@@ -42,6 +43,16 @@ export function PublicTreeChart({
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
   const chartRef = useRef<any>(null);
 
+  // Generations to show around the focus, each settable (or "all"). ALL_DEPTH is
+  // a number bigger than any real lineage; the chart only renders real people.
+  const [ancDepth, setAncDepth] = useState(3);
+  const [progDepth, setProgDepth] = useState(2);
+  const [ancAll, setAncAll] = useState(false);
+  const [progAll, setProgAll] = useState(false);
+  const ALL_DEPTH = 100;
+  const effAnc = ancAll ? ALL_DEPTH : ancDepth;
+  const effProg = progAll ? ALL_DEPTH : progDepth;
+
   const parentsOf = useCallback(
     (id: string) =>
       rels.filter((x) => x.type === "parent_child" && x.person_to_id === id).map((x) => x.person_from_id),
@@ -126,8 +137,8 @@ export function PublicTreeChart({
         const chart = f3.createChart(containerRef.current, data);
         chart.setCardHtml().setCardDisplay([["first name", "last name"], ["birthday"]]);
         chart.setOrientationHorizontal();
-        chart.setAncestryDepth?.(3);
-        chart.setProgenyDepth?.(2);
+        chart.setAncestryDepth?.(effAnc);
+        chart.setProgenyDepth?.(effProg);
         chart.setAfterUpdate?.(() => {
           const md = chart.getMainDatum?.();
           const id = md?.id ?? md?.data?.id;
@@ -155,8 +166,41 @@ export function PublicTreeChart({
     }
   }, [focusId]);
 
+  // Apply depth changes to the live chart without a full rebuild.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!chartRef.current) return;
+    chartRef.current.setAncestryDepth?.(effAnc);
+    chartRef.current.setProgenyDepth?.(effProg);
+    chartRef.current.updateTree?.();
+  }, [effAnc, effProg]);
+
   return (
     <div className="space-y-2">
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-6 gap-y-2 rounded-lg border border-[var(--border)] bg-[var(--surface)] px-4 py-2.5">
+        <span className="text-sm font-medium">Generations</span>
+        <DepthControl
+          label="Ancestors"
+          icon="↑"
+          value={ancDepth}
+          all={ancAll}
+          onValue={(v) => {
+            setAncAll(false);
+            setAncDepth(v);
+          }}
+          onAll={setAncAll}
+        />
+        <DepthControl
+          label="Descendants"
+          icon="↓"
+          value={progDepth}
+          all={progAll}
+          onValue={(v) => {
+            setProgAll(false);
+            setProgDepth(v);
+          }}
+          onAll={setProgAll}
+        />
+      </div>
       <div
         ref={containerRef}
         className="f3 rounded-xl border border-[var(--border)]"