diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte
index e2aa74c2..738e19b5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
+import { untrack } from 'svelte';
 import { SvelteMap, SvelteSet } from 'svelte/reactivity';
 import type { components } from '$lib/generated/api';
 import {
@@ -8,7 +9,12 @@ import {
 	ROW_GAP,
 	type Layout
 } from '$lib/person/genealogy/layout/buildLayout';
-import { type PanZoomState, clampZoom, ZOOM_STEP_KB } from '$lib/person/genealogy/panZoom';
+import {
+	type PanZoomState,
+	clampZoom,
+	recentreOn,
+	ZOOM_STEP_KB
+} from '$lib/person/genealogy/panZoom';
 import { panZoomGestures } from '$lib/person/genealogy/panZoomGestures';
 
 type PersonNodeDTO = components['schemas']['PersonNodeDTO'];
@@ -21,6 +27,8 @@ interface Props {
 	panZoom: PanZoomState;
 	/** Emitted when the keyboard, a gesture, or a recentre changes the view. */
 	onPanZoom?: (state: PanZoomState) => void;
+	/** When set to a node id, the canvas recentres on that node (US-PAN-005). */
+	centreOnId?: string | null;
 	onSelect: (id: string) => void;
 	/**
 	 * Force-show or force-hide the generation gutter. When undefined, falls
@@ -37,6 +45,7 @@ let {
 	selectedId,
 	panZoom,
 	onPanZoom = () => {},
+	centreOnId = null,
 	onSelect,
 	showGutter
 }: Props = $props();
@@ -130,6 +139,18 @@ function nodeCenter(id: string): { x: number; y: number } | null {
 	return { x: p.x + NODE_W / 2, y: p.y + NODE_H / 2 };
 }
 
+// Recentre when the parent sets centreOnId (US-PAN-005). Only centreOnId is a
+// tracked dependency — the current view is read untracked so a normal pan does
+// not retrigger a recentre.
+$effect(() => {
+	const id = centreOnId;
+	if (!id) return;
+	untrack(() => {
+		const c = nodeCenter(id);
+		if (c) onPanZoom(recentreOn(c, baseCentre, panZoom, true));
+	});
+});
+
 let focusedId = $state<string | null>(null);
 
 function handleNodeKey(event: KeyboardEvent, id: string) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte.test.ts
index 901de407..e0c07987 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte.test.ts
@@ -578,6 +578,38 @@ describe('StammbaumTree keyboard pan/zoom (#692)', () => {
 		expect(onSelect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 	});
 
+	it('recentres on a node when centreOnId is set, auto-zooming to legible (US-PAN-005)', async () => {
+		const onPanZoom = vi.fn();
+		render(StammbaumTree, {
+			nodes: [
+				{ id: ID_A, displayName: 'Anna', familyMember: true },
+				{ id: ID_B, displayName: 'Bertha', familyMember: true }
+			],
+			edges: [
+				{
+					id: 'sp',
+					personId: ID_A,
+					relatedPersonId: ID_B,
+					personDisplayName: 'Anna',
+					relatedPersonDisplayName: 'Bertha',
+					relationType: 'SPOUSE_OF'
+				}
+			],
+			selectedId: null,
+			panZoom: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0.5 },
+			centreOnId: ID_A,
+			onPanZoom,
+			onSelect: () => {}
+		});
+
+		await vi.waitFor(() => expect(onPanZoom).toHaveBeenCalled());
+		const view = onPanZoom.mock.calls.at(-1)![0];
+		// Anna sits left of the two-node midpoint → pan x is negative.
+		expect(view.x).toBeLessThan(0);
+		// Zoomed out below legible → snapped up to 1.
+		expect(view.z).toBe(1);
+	});
+
 	it('does not call onSelect for other keys', async () => {
 		const onSelect = vi.fn();
 		render(StammbaumTree, {