> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.advocora.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Couple and family memberships > Enroll everyone a membership covers—during signup, or afterwards from the membership record. A tier can cover more than one person. A Couple tier covers two, a Family tier might cover four or five. The limit is set on the tier, under **Member limit**. Everyone covered gets their own record in Advocora, so you can email them, see them on the household, and count them properly in reports. ## When someone joins online If the tier they pick covers more than one person, the enrollment form says so—"Covers up to 2 people"—and a **Who's covered** section appears after their own details. They're listed first as the primary member. Then they can add the others: a first and last name for each, and an email if that person has one. The email is optional on purpose. A spouse or a child often doesn't have one, and requiring it would leave you adding them by hand afterwards. A few things worth knowing: * **Adding anyone is optional.** Someone can buy a Couple membership on their own and add a partner later. * **Names are required once a row is started.** A half-filled row is refused rather than quietly dropped, so nobody gets lost between the form and your records. * **Switching to a smaller tier trims the extra rows**, and the section disappears entirely for a single-person tier. When the payment goes through, the membership is created with everyone already attached. The thank-you message names who's covered. ## Adding someone afterwards Open the membership from **Memberships → Members** and go to the **Members** tab. The heading shows how full it is—"Members (1/2)"—and tells you how many more the tier allows. 1. Choose **+ Add member**. 2. Search for the person by name or email. 3. If they're already in Advocora, pick them. 4. If they aren't, choose **Add someone who isn't in the CRM yet** and enter their name. An email is optional. They're created in this membership's household. You can also swap one covered person for another, or move the primary-member role, from **Edit** on the same tab. ## Who ends up where When **you** add a member and the email matches someone already in Advocora, that existing record is used rather than a duplicate being made—and their household doesn't change. They simply also belong to this membership as well. When a **supporter** adds someone through a public enrollment form, Advocora only reuses a record that already sits in that supporter's own household. Anyone else is created fresh. This keeps a public form from reaching into the rest of your database, and it means an online signup occasionally creates a second record for someone you already had. [Contact merge](/data-management/contact-merge) tidies those up. ## Removing someone Removing a member unlinks them from the membership. It does not delete the person—their contact record, giving history, and email history all stay. The primary member can't be removed; move that role to someone else first, or cancel the membership. ## Troubleshooting * **The form didn't ask for other members.** The tier's member limit is 1. Raise it under **Memberships → Tiers**, then check the form still offers that tier. * **Only one person came through on a couple's signup.** Adding others is optional—the supporter may have skipped it. Add them from the membership's **Members** tab. * **"This membership already has its tier maximum."** The roster is full. Either remove someone, or move the membership to a tier that covers more people. * **A member appears twice.** Two records for the same person. Use [Contact merge](/data-management/contact-merge). * **Moving to a smaller tier is refused.** A membership can't cover more people than its tier allows. Remove members down to the new limit first. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.