Branch fan
A drawn tree with both of your families growing out of it — his line up one side, hers up the other.
- Who appears
- Best for
- Styles available
- 10 poster styles
How you build one
You do not lay this chart out yourself. You describe your family in ordinary sentences — “my dad is John”, “his parents were Robert and Anne” — and each person is placed as you go. When the family is in, you choose Branch fan as the shape and pick a style.
Free to build, no account needed to start.
Other chart shapes
Centered chartEveryone, generation by generation — the chart as you build it. A big family simply needs a bigger sheet.
DescendantsA couple at the top and every family below them, grouped and set as type. Made for large families.
Family panelsThe same tree, with each household in its own framed panel. The most finished-looking of the three.
Ruled chartEvery name in a ruled plate, the way a printed genealogy sets it.
Braced chartNames in small capitals, each family gathered under a drawn brace.
PedigreeDirect line only — no siblings, partners or children. Exactly symmetrical.
Family recordGenerations set as columns of type, gathered under braces, with botanical corners.
Classic lineageNames only, in spaced capitals, each family gathered under a curly brace.
Family fanEveryone, swept into a half circle from your oldest known ancestor.
Heirloom fanAn inked ancestor fan with a drawn tree at its heart and your names signed below.
Ancestor fanDirect line only, as a half circle. Best when you know several generations back.