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Free Family Tree Creator & Diagram Maker

Design, layout, and customize beautiful family trees online. Support for GEDCOM & CSV imports, kinship calculations, custom box shapes, and print-ready PDF/Word exports.

🔒 100% Client-Side Privacy🧬 GEDCOM Import & Export📊 CSV Database Import🔗 Serverless Sharing Link
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Kinship Calculator

Create Your First Node

Start your genealogical diagram by spawning a root family card.

Edit Member Profile

⚡ Quick Start Family Tree Presets

Select from 15 pre-configured family tree templates in different orientations to start building instantly.

💡 Genealogy Standards & Technical Features

Learn how standard file formats, relationship calculators, and privacy engines power your family tree diagrams.

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What is the GEDCOM Format?

GEDCOM (Genealogical Data Communication) is the universal file format (.ged) used to transfer family tree data between different software programs like Ancestry, MyHeritage, and Gramps. It represents family nodes textually using hierarchical tags:

  • INDI: Declares an individual member.
  • FAM: Groups husbands, wives, and children.
  • BIRT / DEAT: Logs birth and death events.

Our tool includes a 100% client-side parser to read and write valid GEDCOM files instantly without server-side processing.

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Custom CSV Import Layout

To import massive datasets from Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, save your spreadsheet in CSV format using these column headers:

id,name,gender,birthDate,deathDate,birthPlace,occupation,spouseId,fatherId,motherId,notes

*Ensure fatherId and motherId entries correspond exactly to the unique ID of the parents' rows to link branches correctly.

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Cousinhood & Kinship Traversal

Our built-in relationship calculator traverses the family tree graph to locate the closest common ancestor of any selected pair of nodes:

  • Cousin Degree: Calculated based on the number of generations between the common ancestor and the closest relative (e.g., sharing grandparents = 1st cousins, sharing great-grandparents = 2nd cousins).
  • Times Removed: The difference in generational depth between the two selected relatives.

🔒 Privacy-First & Zero-Server Data Security

Your family history is highly personal. Standard online tree builders require creating an account and hosting your information on cloud databases, often subjecting your relatives' details to public search indexes. Our tool operates on a purely client-side architecture: no signups are required, no database is queried, and zero data is sent to our servers. Clicking "Share Tree" compresses the entire tree into a local query string directly in your browser, maintaining absolute data sovereignty.

Overview & Capabilities

Welcome to the Free Visual Family Tree Creator. Map out your family lineage, ancestors, and descendants using an interactive client-side canvas. Support for horizontal and vertical layouts, custom box shapes, profile avatars, GEDCOM and CSV file imports, relationship calculators, and print-ready PDF/PNG exports. Zero sign-up required, and 100% private.

Tutorial

How to Use

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Add members to the tree by clicking on parent, spouse, sibling, or child connection buttons.
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Customize the visual layout by toggling horizontal or vertical direction, and pick a design theme.
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Edit member profiles to upload profile pictures, set birthdates, deathdates, birthplaces, and bio notes.
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Optionally select custom node shapes like rounded cards, circles, or oval pills for each node.
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Calculate kinship relationships between any two family members using the built-in paths calculator.
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Export your family tree as a high-res PNG, vector PDF, or a structured Word outline (.docx), or generate a database-free compressed share link.
Capabilities

Key Features

Smart Dynamic Layouts: Toggle vertical flow (top-to-bottom) or horizontal flow (left-to-right) instantly.
Flexible Card Styling: Custom node shapes (Rectangle, Rounded Corners, Circle, Oval) and background color pickers.
Spouse Alignment Control: Husband and wife boxes are positioned closer to each other for clear partnership clustering.
GEDCOM & CSV Importers: Import existing files from Ancestry or Excel sheets, and export back to standard genealogy formats.
Kinship Calculator: Traverses the family tree to automatically determine relationship links.
Word (.docx) & Vector PDF Exports: Download clean print-ready documents and structured text outlines.
Base64Url Compressed Sharing: Generate a database-free URL link that carries the tree configurations locally.
Applications

Common Use Cases

Genealogists looking to build, review, and print beautiful family charts.
Students and teachers creating genealogy classroom assignments.
Families preparing visual displays for reunions, birthdays, and anniversaries.
Individuals preserving heritage data privately without cloud tracking.
Guidance

Tips & Best Practices

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Use CSV imports to load massive hierarchies quickly. Download our sample CSV layout to map columns correctly.
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For large trees, switch to the horizontal layout to utilize wider horizontal viewport spacing.
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Set custom colors for maternal and paternal lines to make branches easily recognizable.
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Download your tree as a JSON or GEDCOM backup to save local progress and resume editing later.
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Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Q What formats can I import to build my family tree?

We support three formats: GEDCOM (.ged), which is the standard format used by Ancestry and MyHeritage; CSV (comma-separated values) which you can write in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets; and our custom JSON layout backup file.

Q Is my family tree private?

Yes. Our tool is 100% serverless. All data is processed client-side in your browser, and no information is ever sent to or stored on our servers.

Q How does the Relationship Calculator work?

Select two family members on the canvas and click 'Calculate Relationship'. The tool will traverse the connection path and output the correct kinship term, such as 'Second Cousin, Once Removed'.

Q How do I share my family tree without a database?

Click 'Generate Share Link'. The tool will compress your tree data into a compact URL string. Anyone who clicks the link will instantly decode and load your tree in their browser.

Q Can I print my family tree on large canvas paper?

Yes. Export your tree to the SVG or PDF format. Since they are vector formats, you can scale them to any paper size (like A3 or poster sizing) without losing quality.