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Tutorial: Getting Started Genogram
The Tutorial: Getting Started Genogram maps 11 people across four generations. It records health history including mental health conditions, depression and heart disease. Relationship lines show estrangement, emotional distance and close bonds, and the family structure includes a life partnership.
- 11 people
- 4 generations
- Mental health conditions, depression, heart disease
- Estrangement, emotional distance, close bonds
What this genogram shows
- 11 family members across four generations.
- 3 partnerships.
- 5 people have recorded health conditions: mental health conditions, depression, heart disease and diabetes.
- Emotional relationship lines: estrangement, emotional distance and close bonds.
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Symbols used
- Marriage
- A horizontal line joining two partners.
- Medical condition
- Filled or shaded segments inside the symbol mark recorded health conditions.
- Close relationship
- Parallel lines between two people with a warm, close bond.
- Cutoff / estrangement
- A line broken by bars where contact has been severed.
See the full genogram symbols guide for every notation.
Generation by generation
Generation 1 (oldest)
The top row holds 2 people (1 man and 1 woman). 1 couple is drawn here (married). One set of parents accounts for 1 child one row down.
Generation 2
There are 3 people on the second row (2 men and 1 woman). 2 people joined the family through a partnership, with no parents drawn above them. Partner lines join 2 couples, all married. 3 children descend from 2 sets of parents here; the largest sibling group has 2, and one has a single child.
Generation 3
The third row has 4 people, all female. 1 partner marries in from outside the family. The row contains 1 partnership (unmarried partners). One set of parents here has 2 children in the next row.
Generation 4 (youngest)
The bottom row holds 2 people (1 man and 1 woman).
Emotional relationships
The chart records 6 emotional relationships between 5 people, namely 2 close bonds, 2 distant relationships and 2 estrangements. Of these, 3 stay within one generation and 3 cross between generations.
Health history
5 family members have recorded health conditions, namely mental health conditions (2 people), depression (1 person), diabetes (1 person) and heart disease (1 person). Mental health conditions 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 4 squares and 7 circles.
- Follow the horizontal lines between partners. There are 4 partner lines.
- Trace the vertical lines that drop from each couple to their children. 6 people have parents drawn in this genogram.
- Read the coloured or patterned lines last. They describe how people get along: two parallel lines for close bonds, a dashed line for distant relationships and a line broken by a bar for estrangements.
- Finish at the bottom row, the youngest generation, with 2 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 11 people across four generations, from 2 people in the oldest row to 2 people in the youngest. It includes 4 couples.
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: 2 close bonds, 2 distant relationships and 2 estrangements. 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.
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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