Emotional Relationships
Visualize the 23 emotional relationship types across 4 categories.
Emotional relationships show the quality of bonds between family members, displayed as curved overlay lines. GenogramAI supports 23 emotional relationship types organized into 4 categories.
Positive Relationships (5 Types)
Close
Two parallel blue lines - warm, supportive
Harmony
Solid green line - harmonious bond
Fused
Three parallel red lines - enmeshed
Limerence
Slate line, two circles, arrowhead - obsessive fixation
Friendship
Two parallel green lines
Negative/Tension (8 Types)
Conflict
Two parallel dashed red lines
Hostile
Red zigzag line
Violence
Tight red zigzag
Hate
Three parallel dashed red lines
Distrust
Line with cross marks
Fused-Conflict
Triple line + zigzag
Close/Hostile
Two blue lines + red zigzag
Distant/Hostile
Dashed gray + red zigzag
Distance/Disconnection (4 Types)
Indifferent
Dotted gray line
Distant
Dashed red line
Estranged
Solid red line crossed by two bars - no contact
Never Met
Dotted + X
Abuse/Control (6 Types)
Abuse (Generic)
Arrow line
Abuse (Physical)
Red arrow
Abuse (Emotional)
Red zigzag + outlined arrow
Abuse (Sexual)
Red double line + zigzag + filled arrow
Neglect
Blue dashed line + arrow
Control
Red line + crossed box + arrow
Creating Emotional Overlays
- Press E for Emotional tool
- Click on one person
- Drag to another person
- Select the emotional type from the menu
Viewing Emotional Relationships
Emotional overlays are always visible — as soon as a relationship has an emotional type set, its curved line appears above the structural relationships. There is no view mode to enable. To hide an individual line, select that connection and click Hide in the Inspector.