Free online genogram maker and creator

The best free genogram maker draws correct genogram notation, not generic shapes. This editor includes standard symbols, 68+ relationship and emotional bond lines, color-coded medical conditions, PNG or PDF export, and unlimited genograms saved in your browser, with no signup required.

Add yourself in the editor at the top of this page, then select your symbol and add your parents, a partner and children from the toolbar. Pick the couple and child line that fits each relationship, mark medical conditions and emotional bonds, and export the genogram as a PNG or PDF.

Yes. You can build genograms and export them as PNG images or PDFs without an account, at no cost, and each free export has a small "Made with Genogram Pro" badge. Your genograms are saved automatically in this browser, so you can close the tab and pick up where you left off. To keep them in an encrypted account you can open on any device, start a 7-day free trial.

Yes. The AI assistant in Genogram Pro draws a genogram from a typed description or intake note, or from a photo of one drawn by hand, and you edit the result like any other genogram. It is part of the Professional plan and included in the 7-day free trial. The editor on this page has no AI, so you add each person yourself.

No. You can build a genogram and download it as a PNG image or PDF without an account or a card. You only enter payment details if you start the 7-day free trial, and you are not charged if you cancel before the trial ends. With an account, you can import the genograms from this browser and open them on any device.

Yes. The free editor saves every genogram in this browser as you work, and you can switch between them in My genograms. They are stored only in this browser on this device, so they are deleted if you clear the browser data. Safari, and every browser on an iPhone or iPad, also clears that storage after 7 days without a visit.

Yes. This genogram maker is free, needs no account to build, save or export, and runs in any modern browser on a computer, phone or tablet. Because there is nothing to install, it also works on managed machines where you cannot install software.

Yes. The blank 3 generation template, the version with your own partner and children, and the genogram worksheet can each be downloaded as a Word file from the genogram template page. In Word you can annotate the two templates or print the worksheet to draw on by hand. To add people or change the structure, open the blank template in this editor.

Yes, but a Canva genogram template is made of generic shapes, so you draw every couple and child line yourself and check the notation against a symbols chart. Genogram Pro draws the standard symbols, couple lines and bonds for you, and auto-arrange lays out the whole family at once.

A genogram is a family map of relationships, emotional bonds and medical history across generations, drawn in standard McGoldrick-Gerson notation. Therapists, social workers and medical teams use genograms to spot patterns that repeat from one generation to the next.

A family tree shows lineage, meaning who descends from whom, with names and dates. A genogram also shows how the family functions, with couple statuses such as divorce or cohabitation, emotional bonds such as closeness, conflict and cutoff, and color-coded medical history.

Most genograms show at least three generations: the grandparents, the parents, and the person the genogram is drawn for with their siblings. Add a fourth generation when an illness, a cutoff or another pattern began with the great-grandparents.

Start with each person's name and birth year, and the year of death for anyone who has died. Then add how each couple is connected, which children are biological, adopted or foster, the medical conditions that run in the family, and the emotional bonds that matter to the question you are exploring.

Yes. Select a person, choose Add to household from the toolbar and click the person who shares the home, or drag a selection box around everyone who lives there and choose Create household in the panel. The editor shades each household, and when you label the households, for example Mom's home and Dad's home, the genogram shows the custody arrangement.

Yes. In the free editor you can draw the three-generation genogram that many nursing, social work and counseling programs assign, and export the finished genogram as a PNG or PDF to submit or print.

Yes. Export it as a PNG or PDF and send or print the file. With a Professional account you can also create a read-only share link and protect it with a password, so a supervisor or colleague can open the genogram in their own browser.

Yes. The free editor runs entirely in your browser, and your genograms are not sent to a server unless you import them into an account. Genograms in an account are encrypted end-to-end on your device before we store them, so not even we can read them.

Yes. Export a PDF to print, or a high-resolution PNG to place in another document. Leave Key on in the export options to print a legend beside the genogram, so a reader can check each symbol against it.