Your Tree Shows Who.
A Genogram Shows How.
Family Tree Maker 2024, Ancestry, and MyHeritage are superb at records, dates, and DNA. But they can't draw relationships, health patterns, or households. Import your GEDCOM and map the story behind the tree.
When the Tree Isn't Enough
Genealogists come to genograms for the questions descent charts can't answer.
"I have 1,400 people in my Ancestry tree, and I still can't answer my doctor's question: what conditions run in the family? The tree shows who — not health."
"My grandparents divorced, both remarried, and my mom was raised by her stepfather. Family Tree Maker technically records it, but the chart is unreadable. The story disappears."
"I wanted one page for the family reunion showing the three households, who's close to whom, and the two feuds nobody talks about. No genealogy tool draws that."
"Twenty years of research in MyHeritage, and my kids glaze over when I show them. The first time I showed them a genogram — the alliances, the patterns — they finally cared."
What Tree Software Can't Draw
Keep FTM, Ancestry, or MyHeritage for research. Add a genogram for everything they leave out.
Trees Don't Show Health Patterns
Family Tree Maker, Ancestry, and MyHeritage record causes of death as text fields. You can't see heart disease clustering on one side of the family at a glance.
GenogramAI's medical view marks conditions on each person's symbol, so multigenerational health patterns are visible instantly — the format doctors and genetic counselors actually use.
No Relationship Quality
Tree software records that two people married. It has no way to show a close bond, a conflict, an estrangement, or a cutoff — the dynamics that explain your family.
GenogramAI has 38 emotional relationship types drawn with standard notation: close, fused, conflicted, distant, cutoff, and more.
Blended Families Break the Chart
Half-siblings, step-parents, foster children, and donor conception are edge cases in descent-chart software — recorded in the database but mangled in the visual.
Genogram notation was designed for real family structures: distinct line styles for biological, step, adopted, foster, and donor connections.
Starting Over Feels Impossible
You've spent years building your tree. Nobody wants to re-enter hundreds of people into another tool.
Export a GEDCOM from FTM, Ancestry, or MyHeritage and import it into GenogramAI — people, marriages, and parent-child links come across, and AI can enrich the result. Or just describe a branch in plain English and AI draws it.
GenogramAI vs Family Tree Builders
Different tools for different questions — here's the honest split
From GEDCOM to Genogram in Minutes
Every major genealogy platform — Family Tree Maker, Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch — exports GEDCOM (.ged). Import yours and GenogramAI recreates the people, marriages, and parent-child links, ready for the layers your tree never had: relationship lines, medical conditions, households.
1. Export
Download a .ged from your platform
2. Import
Dashboard → Import → GEDCOM
3. Enrich
Add health, relationships, households — AI can help
Or Just Describe a Branch of the Family
No GEDCOM handy? Describe the family in plain English and the AI draws it with correct notation.
For example:
"My great-grandparents emigrated from Sicily in 1912. Three children; the eldest died in childhood. My grandfather married twice — two children from each marriage. Heart disease runs on his side."
Your Family Data Stays Private
Genograms are encrypted at rest and in transit, and they're private by default — no public member trees, no smart-match sharing. You choose exactly who sees what you make.
Which Tool Do You Need?
Honestly — probably both
Use FTM / Ancestry / MyHeritage for…
- Researching records, censuses, and historical documents
- DNA matching and ethnicity estimates
- Building and sourcing a documented lineage over decades
- Printing traditional pedigree charts and books
Add GenogramAI when you want to…
- Map family health history across generations for doctors or genetic counseling
- Show relationships and dynamics — closeness, conflict, cutoffs, alliances
- Represent blended families, households, and modern structures accurately
- Create a one-page family map relatives actually understand
- Turn twenty years of research into something meaningful to the next generation
Genograms for Genealogists: Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between a family tree and a genogram?
A family tree records lineage — who descends from whom, with dates and places. A genogram adds the layers a tree leaves out: emotional relationships (close, conflicted, cutoff), health conditions across generations, households, and life events, all in standardized notation. Genealogists use trees to document the past; genograms to understand the family.
Can I import my Ancestry, MyHeritage, or Family Tree Maker tree into GenogramAI?
Yes. Export your tree as a GEDCOM (.ged) file — all three platforms support GEDCOM export — then import it into GenogramAI (Pro feature). Individuals, marriages, and parent-child relationships are recreated, and you can optionally enrich the result with AI to add medical and heritage layers.
Does GenogramAI replace Family Tree Maker or Ancestry?
No — and it isn’t trying to. Ancestry, MyHeritage, and FTM are built for records research, hints, sources, and DNA. GenogramAI is built for mapping how the family works. Most genealogists keep their research platform and use GenogramAI to turn the finished tree into a relationship and health map.
How much does Family Tree Maker 2024 cost compared to GenogramAI?
Family Tree Maker 2024 (MacKiev) is a one-time desktop license, typically around $80, plus an Ancestry or MyHeritage subscription if you want records access. GenogramAI has a free plan (2 genograms, up to 50 people each) and a Pro plan at $12/month with GEDCOM import, PDF/SVG export, and unlimited AI.
Can a genogram show family medical history?
Yes — that’s one of its main uses. GenogramAI’s medical view marks conditions directly on each person’s symbol so patterns across generations are visible at a glance. It’s the format used in clinical family-history assessments.
Is GenogramAI good for family reunions or sharing with relatives?
Yes. A genogram is far more readable for non-genealogists than a descent chart — relatives see themselves, their household, and their relationships. You can print it, export a PNG, or publish a view-only link relatives can open in a browser.
You've Done the Research. Now Map the Family.
Start free — no credit card. Import your GEDCOM or describe a branch of the family and watch it take shape.