turning a genogram into a family tree
Last year I was introduced to genograms as a way of charting family relationships. If you’re not familiar, genograms are used in the medical world to show medical and behavior patterns within a family system. They’re not usually used in genealogy.
So when my client, who is making a book about his recently deceased wife, recently showed me these sketched circles and squares and scribbly names, I knew exactly what was going on. His wife - a doctor - had created her family tree.
She gave us a great starting point. In fact, it’s the best information we have. Now the task is turning the circles and squares and scribbles into a more understandable family tree.
Here’s our start on it. Next, my client will fill in whatever details he can from his wife’s last remaining relatives, photographs of gravestones, and family birth records.
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