Descendants
A couple at the top and every family below them, grouped and set as type. Made for large families.
- 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 Descendants as the shape and pick a style.
Free to build, no account needed to start.
Other chart shapes
Centered chartEveryone, as a family tree. Large families are grouped by household so the names stay big.
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.