Genogram + eco-map

One family, two views, always connected

The genogram shows the family and its history. The eco-map shows the same family’s world today. In GenogramAI they are made from the same people, stay linked, and open side by side.

Updated October 2026 · Create, link, compare and export

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Quick answer

In GenogramAI an eco-map can be made straight from a genogram: choose Create eco-map on a person and their household fills the centre. The two charts stay linked both ways, open side by side for review, and export or print together on one page, stacked or side by side.

A genogram on the left and the same family's eco-map on the right, in GenogramAI's side by side view — The Rivera family’s genogram and their eco-map, side by side. Example family.

Two charts, one assessment

Family assessment usually needs both: the genogram for structure, relationships and patterns across generations, the eco-map for the supports and stresses around the family now. Ann Hartman, who introduced the eco-map in 1978, drew the household itself in the centre circle as a small genogram.

In most tools the two are separate drawings: the same people are typed twice, names drift apart, and putting them on one page means pasting images together. Here the eco-map starts from the genogram and keeps that link, so the two always describe the same family.

Two separate drawings

Retype the household on the eco-map
Names and ages fall out of step
Switch files to compare
Paste two images onto one page

Connected in GenogramAI

The household carries over from the genogram
A dot shows when it needs refreshing
One click between them, or side by side
Export or print the pair, ready for the file

Start the eco-map from the genogram

Choose Create eco-map on a person, from the right-click menu or the Eco-map row in their panel. Select several people first to choose the household yourself.

The right-click menu on a person with Create eco-map, and the person panel's Eco-map row — Right-click a person, or use the Eco-map row in their panel.

A new eco-map with the household in the centre and suggested systems around it — The household lands in the centre, with the most common systems ready to add.

Always one click apart

Every household with a map gets a small globe on the genogram, and both charts carry a chip naming the other.

A genogram with a globe badge on a household and an Eco-map chip in the top bar — The globe on the couple line and the Eco-map chip in the top bar.

Side by side, for review and supervision

Choose Side by side from either chip. Both charts are view only, so a session or a supervision meeting can move through them without anything shifting.

The panel has Export and Print buttons that start with both charts on the page.

Export and print the pair

Add the eco-map in the export dialog: stacked on a portrait page, side by side on landscape, or on the next page of a PDF. Each chart keeps its own title and key, drawn at the same text size.

An exported page with the genogram on the left and the eco-map with its key on the right — Side by side PNG export: the genogram and its eco-map on one page.

Everything in the connection

Start from the person

Right-click someone on the genogram, or use the Eco-map row in their panel, and choose Create eco-map. Their household goes into the middle circle: partner, children, names, ages and symbols.

Common systems, one tap each

A new map opens with the systems most eco-maps need around the household: family, friends, work, school, health, faith, recreation and community. Tap the ones that apply.

Linked both ways

The genogram shows a small globe on every household that has a map, and a chip in the top bar. The eco-map shows a chip back to its genogram. One click moves between them.

Side by side

Open both charts at once: the genogram on the left, its eco-map on the right. Both are view only, so you can pan and zoom through a session without moving anything by accident.

One page for the file

Export or print the pair: stacked on a portrait page, side by side on landscape, or the eco-map on the next page of the PDF. Each keeps its own title and key, at the same text size.

The household stays in step

When a name, age or symbol changes on the genogram, the eco-map’s chip shows a dot. One click brings the household up to date.

How it works

1
Draw or open the genogram
Type the family, describe it to the AI, or open one you already have.
2
Choose Create eco-map on a person
Right-click them, or use the Eco-map row in their panel. Select several people first to put exactly those people in the household.
3
Add the systems around them
Tap the suggested systems, add your own, and set each connection: strong, weak, stressful, energy in or out.
4
Review them together
Choose Side by side from either chart’s chip. Export or print the pair for the case file or supervision.

Frequently asked questions

What does it mean that the genogram and eco-map are connected?

The eco-map is made from people on the genogram and remembers which genogram it belongs to. The household in its centre comes from the genogram, each chart links to the other, both can be opened side by side, and the pair can be exported or printed on one page.

Can one genogram have more than one eco-map?

Yes. Make one per household or per person: for example one for a client and one for their parents’ household. The genogram’s chip lists them all, and each household with a map gets its own globe.

What happens when I change the genogram later?

The eco-map notices when a person in its household was renamed, had their age or symbol changed, or was removed, and its chip shows a dot. Choose Refresh from genogram to update the household. Systems and connections you drew on the eco-map are not touched.

Can I edit both charts in side by side view?

Side by side is for reviewing and presenting: both charts can be panned and zoomed but not edited, so nothing moves by accident while you talk a client or supervisor through them. Open either chart to edit it.

Which plan includes it?

Creating an eco-map from a genogram, the links between them and side by side view are available on every plan. Adding the eco-map to an export or print is part of the Pro export options, along with custom headers, larger text and removing the logo.

Is this the same as a Family Network Diagram?

It produces the same thing. Some child welfare agencies ask for a genogram and an eco-map on one page; the stacked export gives you exactly that, with each chart’s own key, and the side by side layout fits a landscape page or a slide.