Wikipedia:Family trees

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There are several ways to create family trees for display on wikipedia. These examples are taken from a discussion on the Village pump in March/April 2005 (see Talk page).

Contents 1 Ahnentafel 2 Ancestry chart (left to right) 3 Ancestry chart (bottom to top) 4 ASCII art 5 Tables 6 Image file 7 Template 8 Family trees on Wikipedia

[edit] Ahnentafel

The simplest way to include a list of ancestors is the Ahnentafel. This is a standard for genealogists, but it is hard to understand for people who have not seen it before.

1. HRH Prince William of Wales (born June 21, 1982)
2. HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (born November 14, 1948)
3. Diana, Princess of Wales née Lady Diana Spencer (July 1, 1961-August 31, 1997)
4. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born June 10, 1921)
5. HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (born April 21, 1926)
6. Edward Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (January 24, 1924-March 29, 1992)
7. The Hon Mrs Shand Kydd née The Hon Frances Burke Roche (January 20, 1936-June 3, 2004)
8. HRH Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (January 20, 1882-December 3, 1944)
9. HRH Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark née HSH Princess Alice of Battenberg (February 25, 1885-December 5, 1969)
10. HM King George VI of the United Kingdom (December 14, 1895-February 6, 1952)
11. HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother née Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (August 4, 1900-March 30, 2002)
12. Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (May 23, 1892-June 9, 1975)
13. Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer née Lady Cynthia Hamilton (August 16, 1897-December 4, 1972)
14. Edmund Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (May 15, 1885-July 8, 1955
15. Ruth Burke Roche, Baroness Fermoy née Miss Ruth Gill (October 2, 1908-July 6, 1993

Ahnentafels can be displayed as horizontal trees using the templates {{Ahnentafel2}} to {{Ahnentafel6}}; see for example User:Ilmari Karonen/sandbox/olga tree.

[edit] Ancestry chart (left to right)

This is how ancestry charts are often displayed in the U.S.:

{{tree|Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Ernest I von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg|Franz Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Augusta von Reuss-Ebersdorf|August II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg|Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg|Ernst Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Henry XXIV Reuss zu Ebersdorf|Karoline Ernestine zu Erbach-Schönberg|Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha|Maria Charlotte Amalie of Saxe-Meiningen|Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Louise of Saxe-Gotha}} produces:

Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha	Ernest I von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha	Franz Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld	Ernst Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
			Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
		Augusta von Reuss-Ebersdorf	Henry XXIV Reuss zu Ebersdorf
			Karoline Ernestine zu Erbach-Schönberg
	Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg	August II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg	Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha
			Maria Charlotte Amalie of Saxe-Meiningen
		Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg	Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
			Louise of Saxe-Gotha

[edit] Ancestry chart (bottom to top)

In (continental?) Europe, ancestry charts are more often shown bottom-to-top.

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[edit] ASCII art

Here is the family tree of House Baratheon:

                   Steffon==+==? Eastermont
                            |
                   +--------+------------------+
                   |        |                  |
     Cersei==+===Robert  Stannis==+==Selyse  Renly
   Lannister |     |              | Florent 
             |     |              |
   +----+----+     +------+       |
   |    |    |     |      |       |  
Joffrey | Tommen  Mya   Edric  Shireen
     Myrcella    Stone  Storm

(And see Family tree of the Greek gods).

[edit] Tables

And another attempt. This time I have tried to use tables, for House Tully:

Hoster Tully *242?

Minisa Whent †273? in childbed

Brynden Tully ‘The Blackfish’ *247?

Eddard Stark *262

282

Catelyn *268

Lysa *270

282

Jon Arryn *222? †297

Edmure *272

Robb *283

Sansa *286

Arya *288

Brandon *290

Rickon *294

Robert *291

To understand how I did this, let me switch on all table borders:

Hoster Tully *242?

Minisa Whent †273? in childbed

Brynden Tully ‘The Blackfish’ *247?

Eddard Stark *262

282

Catelyn *268

Lysa *270

282

Jon Arryn *222? †297

Edmure *272

Robb *283

Sansa *286

Arya *288

Brandon *290

Rickon *294

Robert *291

Note that this does not work properly on all browsers.

[edit] Image file

Complex families can be displayed in an image file.

[edit] Template

Template:Familytree can be used to construct simple table-based family trees using an ASCII art -like syntax:

Grandma

Grandpa

Mom

Dad

Aunt Daisy

My brother Joe

Me!

My little sister

[edit] Family trees on Wikipedia

See:

• List of family trees
• Category:Family trees