A family tree as a wedding gift
Two families meeting on one page, set as names rather than boxes.
- Suggested shape
- Classic lineage
- Suggested style
- Claret
- Who appears
- Everyone, names only
Why this shape
A wedding tree is a different object from a genealogy chart: it is a formal piece for a wall, and boxes and connector lines read as administrative. Classic lineage sets the names in spaced capitals under hand-drawn braces, with the couple side by side at the top and each family gathered beneath — the two lines are legible as two lines without anything being labelled. Claret is the most formal of the styles.
Getting it right
Three generations on each side is usually the right depth; past that the names stop meaning anything to the couple. Get the spelling of both surnames checked by someone on that side before you print — it is the one error nobody forgives.
Free to build, no account needed to start.
Other occasions
Family reunionEveryone descended from one couple, on one sheet, in a shape that does not collapse when one branch had six children and another had one.
Gift for grandparentsThe whole family including the grandchildren, laid out so no branch looks like an afterthought.
MemorialOne person at the heart of it, with the generations they came from drawn around them.
Anniversary giftThe family a couple built, set as a printed register rather than a diagram.