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).

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[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

The houses of Lancaster and York during the Wars of the Roses
The houses of Lancaster and York during the Wars of the Roses
Family tree of House Targaryen, from George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.
Family tree of House Targaryen, from George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mum
 
 Dad
 
 Aunt Daisy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My brother Joe
 
 Me!
 
 My little sister
 
 

[edit] Family trees on Wikipedia

See: