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Sydney's Family Genogram
The Sydney's Family Genogram maps 13 people across three generations. It records 2 deceased members and health history including heart disease, mental health conditions and substance use. The family structure includes step-parenting and divorce.
- 13 people
- 3 generations
- Heart disease, mental health conditions, substance use
- Step-parenting, divorce
What this genogram shows
- 13 family members across three generations.
- 5 partnerships, 1 of them ending in divorce or separation.
- 2 deceased people are marked with the deceased symbol.
- 4 people have recorded health conditions: heart disease, mental health conditions, substance use, anxiety and depression.
- Non-biological parent-child links: step-parenting.
Symbols used
- Marriage
- A horizontal line joining two partners.
- Divorce / separation
- Slashes across the partner line: one for separation, two for divorce.
- Deceased
- An X drawn through the person symbol.
- Medical condition
- Filled or shaded segments inside the symbol mark recorded health conditions.
See the full genogram symbols guide for every notation.
Generation by generation
Generation 1 (oldest)
The top row has 4 people (2 men and 2 women). 2 are marked deceased. The row contains 2 partnerships, all married. Between them, 2 sets of parents have 2 children in the next row, one child each.
Generation 2
The second row holds 4 people (2 men and 2 women). 2 partners marry in from outside the family. 3 couples are drawn here: 2 married and 1 divorced. 3 sets of parents account for 5 children one row down; the largest sibling group has 2, and one has a single child.
Generation 3 (youngest)
There are 5 people on the bottom row (2 men and 3 women). Not every link is biological: this row includes 2 step children. 1 pregnancy loss is recorded with the small loss symbols.
Emotional relationships
No emotional relationship lines are drawn, so this genogram works as a structural map of who is related to whom.
Health history
The author shaded medical history into 4 symbols, covering heart disease (2 people), anxiety (1 person), cancer (1 person), depression (1 person) and diabetes (1 person). Each condition stays within a single generation here.
How to read this genogram
- Start at the top row: the 4 people of the oldest generation. Squares are males and circles are females; this chart has 6 squares and 7 circles.
- Follow the horizontal lines between partners. There are 5 partner lines, and 1 is crossed by slashes: one slash for a separation, two for a divorce.
- Trace the vertical lines that drop from each couple to their children. 7 people have parents drawn in this genogram; 2 children are linked by a dashed or dotted line for adoption, fostering or step-parenting.
- Look for an X through a symbol: it marks a person who has died. 2 people are marked that way here.
- The smaller symbols under some couples are pregnancies, not people: 1 small loss symbol for miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion.
- Finish at the bottom row, the youngest generation, with 5 people.
Start from this genogram
Open it in GenogramAI, make a copy, and edit the people, relationships and health history to fit your own family or case. Or describe a family in plain words and let the AI draw it.
Questions about this genogram
How many people and generations are in the Sydney's Family Genogram?
It shows 13 people across three generations, from 4 people in the oldest row to 5 people in the youngest. It includes 5 couples, 1 of which ended in divorce or separation. 2 people are marked deceased.
What do the lines in this genogram mean?
Solid horizontal lines join partners, slashes across a partner line mark a divorce or separation (1 here), and vertical lines connect parents to children. This genogram has no emotional relationship lines.
Can I use this genogram as a template?
Yes. Choose "Use this template" to copy it into a free GenogramAI account, then replace the people and relationships with your own.
How do I make a genogram like this one?
Open the GenogramAI genogram maker and describe the family in plain words, for example how many generations, who is married or divorced, and who the children are. The AI draws it with the same notation, and you can edit every person and line afterwards. For a three-generation chart like this, start with the oldest couple and work down one row at a time.
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