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Tutorial: Getting Started Genogram
The Tutorial: Getting Started Genogram maps 33 people across four generations. It records 2 deceased members and health history including heart disease, cancer and eating disorders. The family structure includes divorce.
- 33 people
- 4 generations
- Heart disease, cancer, eating disorders
- Divorce
What this genogram shows
- 33 family members across four generations.
- 13 partnerships, 2 of them ending in divorce or separation.
- 2 deceased people are marked with the deceased symbol.
- 7 people have recorded health conditions: heart disease, cancer, eating disorders, respiratory illness and alcohol use.
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 2 people (1 man and 1 woman). Every one of them is shown as deceased. The row contains 1 partnership (married). One set of parents here has 7 children in the next row.
Generation 2
The second row holds 14 people (7 men and 7 women). 7 partners marry in from outside the family. 7 couples are drawn here: 6 married and 1 divorced. 6 sets of parents account for 9 children one row down; the largest sibling group has 2, and three have a single child.
Generation 3
There are 14 people on the third row (6 men and 8 women). 5 people joined the family through a partnership, with no parents drawn above them. Partner lines join 5 couples: 4 married and 1 divorced. 3 children descend from 2 sets of parents here; the largest sibling group has 2, and one has a single child.
Generation 4 (youngest)
The bottom row has 3 people (2 men and 1 woman).
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 7 symbols, covering cancer (2 people), eating disorders (2 people), heart disease (2 people), alcohol use (1 person) and neurological conditions (1 person). Eating disorders appears in more than one generation, the kind of repeating pattern a genogram is drawn to show.
How to read this genogram
- Start at the top row: the 2 people of the oldest generation. Squares are males and circles are females; this chart has 16 squares and 17 circles.
- Follow the horizontal lines between partners. There are 13 partner lines, and 2 are crossed by slashes: one slash for a separation, two for a divorce.
- Trace the vertical lines that drop from each couple to their children. 19 people have parents drawn in this genogram.
- Look for an X through a symbol: it marks a person who has died. 2 people are marked that way here.
- Finish at the bottom row, the youngest generation, with 3 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 Tutorial: Getting Started Genogram?
It shows 33 people across four generations, from 2 people in the oldest row to 3 people in the youngest. It includes 13 couples, 2 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 (2 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 four-generation chart like this, start with the oldest couple and work down one row at a time.
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