Draw a genogram
Generations and relationships in McGoldrick standard symbols: sex, age, death, index person, marriage and divorce, child lines, and relationship quality.
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People
Couple relationships
Add at least two people before drawing a relationship.
Children
Relationship quality
Symbol legend
- Male
- Female
- Sex unknown
- Index person (IP)
- Deceased
- Age (inside shape)
- Marriage
- Divorce
- Separation
- Cohabitation
- Biological child
- Adopted child
- Foster child
- Twins
- Identical twins
- Conflict
- Close
- Fused
- Cut off
- Distant
Source: McGoldrick, Gerson, Petry, Genograms (4th ed., 2020)
The bond symbols (conflict, close, fused, cut off, distant) were checked against genogram software guides that cite the book, not the book itself. Unknown sex uses the standard question mark inside a diamond.
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