Help with the family tree?

[my city now]

I don't know if I've just misunderstood how this minigame works, but I haven't been able to get a single badge to stay in place since the first one I places, Pat's mom. I assumed all that was needed to get a member in the correct spot was a drag and drop, like I did with Pat's mom, but this has not worked for a single other family member, not even Pat, who should clearly be right below her. I've tried a couple characters in every single slot just to make sure that I wasn't just terrible at guessing, but to no avail. Is there something I'm missing here?

[NeilSwitz]

Hey! The family tree in this game is a little atypical in that descendants of older generations are actually nearer the top! That makes sense to me what with older generations, "roots" if you will, spawning younger and thinner branches as you progress towards the top. Pat is actually above the mother, the middle of the three of her children