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A genogram, also known as a family diagram, [1] [2] is a pictorial display of a person's position in their family's hereditary and ongoing relationships. It goes beyond a traditional family tree by allowing the user to visualize social patterns and psychological factors that punctuate relationships, especially patterns that repeat over the generations.
Three generations of ancestors (born from 1824 to 1916) [1] placed on a Swedish kurbits tree Genealogical data can be represented in several formats, for example, as a pedigree or ancestry chart . Family trees are often presented with the oldest generations at the top of the tree and the younger generations at the bottom.
The word pedigree is a corruption of the Anglo-Norman French pé de grue or "crane's foot", either because the typical lines and split lines (each split leading to different offspring of the one parent line) resemble the thin leg and foot of a crane [4] or because such a mark was used to denote succession in pedigree charts. [5]
In the narrow sense, a "genealogy" or a "family tree" traces the descendants of one person, whereas a "family history" traces the ancestors of one person, [4] [5] [6] but the terms are often used interchangeably. [7] A family history may include additional biographical information, family traditions, and the like. [3]
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You had better check your sources. Murray Bowen, Family Systems Psychotherapy, first intrduced the genogram as early as 1978. This information is widely accepted and part of national counselor and psychotherapy examinations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.17.26.4 18:39, 2008 January 7 (UTC)
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