Family Tree Template: Genealogy Charts

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Genealogy Charts

A family tree, or pedigree chart, doesn't represent family relationships in a conventional tree structure. The more detailed family trees used in medicine and social work are known as genograms.Genealogical data can be represented in several formats, for example as a pedigree or ancestor chart. Family trees are often presented with the oldest generations at the top and the newer generations at the bottom. An ancestry chart, which is a tree showing the ancestors of an individual, will more closely resemble a tree in shape, being wider at the top than the bottom. In some ancestry charts, an individual appears on the left and his or her ancestors appear to the right. A descendancy chart, which depicts all the descendants of an individual will be narrowest at the top