Family Sharing enabled, cannot view my own purchases on iPhone anymore

I have Family Sharing set up for my family.
I am the organizer.
I have my wife and my daughter added to Family Sharing.
My daughter's account was added using "Create an Apple ID for a child".
I am logged into my own iCloud account on my iPhone, as you'd expect.
I am logged into my own iTunes and App store account (matches my iCloud account login) on my iPhone, as you'd expect.
My problem is that in the App Store on iOS, looking at Purchased Items shows me the following:
My iPhone knows that I'm logged into my own iTunes and iCloud accounts in all other respects. Why does it think that I'm logged into my daughter's iCloud account for viewing All Purchases? Am I the only one in the universe seeing this?
Thanks.

cprentice100 wrote:
I have selected the folder where all my Photo's are kept on my iTunes account that is currently stored on the C Drive of my P.C - which is in excess of 3000 pictures, but still I can only see around 20 photo's that are just on the iPhone.
Sounds as though you may have set the folder up in iTunes.
Please note that Photostream does not store all the photos on your drive - it only stores recent photos taken on your iOS devices.
AC

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