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The Tutorial: Getting Started (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) Genogram maps 62 people across five generations. It records 15 deceased members and health history including heart disease and anxiety. Relationship lines show emotional distance, friendship and conflict, and the family structure includes cohabitation.

  • 62 people
  • 5 generations
  • Heart disease, anxiety
  • Emotional distance, friendship, conflict
  • Used 1 time

What this genogram shows

  • 62 family members across five generations.
  • 8 partnerships.
  • 15 deceased people are marked with the deceased symbol.
  • 2 people have recorded health conditions: heart disease and anxiety.
  • Emotional relationship lines: emotional distance, friendship, conflict and enmeshed conflict.

Symbols used

Marriage
A horizontal line joining two partners.
Deceased
An X drawn through the person symbol.
Medical condition
Filled or shaded segments inside the symbol mark recorded health conditions.
Conflict / hostility
A red zigzag line for ongoing conflict or hostility.

See the full genogram symbols guide for every notation.

Generation by generation

Generation 1 (oldest)

There are 8 people on the top row (4 men and 4 women). The deceased symbol appears on 7 people here. Partner lines join 4 couples, all married. 20 children descend from 5 sets of parents here; the largest sibling group has 6, and one has a single child.

Generation 2

The second row has 22 people (8 men and 14 women). 7 are marked deceased. 2 partners marry in from outside the family. The row contains 2 partnerships: 1 married and 1 divorced. 1 partnership is marked as an affair. Between them, 2 sets of parents have 7 children in the next row; the largest sibling group has 5.

Generation 3

The third row holds 14 people (6 men and 8 women). 1 of them has died, shown with an X. 7 people joined the family through a partnership, with no parents drawn above them. 6 couples are drawn here: 1 married, 2 separated and 3 unmarried. 7 sets of parents account for 14 children one row down; the largest sibling group has 3, and two have a single child. 3 pregnancy losses are recorded with the small loss symbols.

Generation 4

There are 17 people on the fourth row (8 men and 9 women). 3 partners marry in from outside the family. Partner lines join 3 couples: 2 married and 1 separated. 1 child descends from one set of parents here. 1 current pregnancy is shown with a triangle.

Generation 5 (youngest)

The bottom row has 1 person.

Emotional relationships

6 emotional relationship lines connect 9 people: 3 distant relationships, 1 conflicted relationship, 1 friendship and 1 fused and conflicted relationship. Of these, 3 stay within one generation and 3 cross between generations.

Health history

Health history is recorded for 2 people: anxiety (1 person) and heart disease (1 person). Each condition stays within a single generation here.

How to read this genogram

  1. Start at the top row: the 8 people of the oldest generation. Squares are males and circles are females; this chart has 26 squares and 36 circles.
  2. Follow the horizontal lines between partners. There are 15 partner lines, and 4 are crossed by slashes: one slash for a separation, two for a divorce.
  3. Trace the vertical lines that drop from each couple to their children. 42 people have parents drawn in this genogram.
  4. Look for an X through a symbol: it marks a person who has died. 15 people are marked that way here.
  5. The smaller symbols under some couples are pregnancies, not people: 1 triangle for a current pregnancy and 3 small loss symbols for miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion.
  6. Read the coloured or patterned lines last. They describe how people get along: a dashed line for distant relationships, dashed red parallel lines for conflicted relationships, a line with small circles for friendships and three lines with a zigzag for fused and conflicted relationships.
  7. Finish at the bottom row, the youngest generation, with 1 person.

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 (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) (Copy) Genogram?

It shows 62 people across five generations, from 8 people in the oldest row to 1 person in the youngest. It includes 15 couples, 4 of which ended in divorce or separation. 15 people are marked deceased.

What do the lines in this genogram mean?

Solid horizontal lines join partners, and vertical lines connect parents to children. The other lines are emotional relationship lines: 3 distant relationships, 1 conflicted relationship, 1 friendship and 1 fused and conflicted relationship. The genogram symbols guide on genogramai.com shows every line style.

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. It has been copied 1 time so far.

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 five-generation chart like this, start with the oldest couple and work down one row at a time.

About community genograms: a GenogramAI user published this genogram to the community gallery and chose to feature it on genogramai.com. It is shown as an illustration of genogram notation, not a clinical record. The owner can remove it at any time.