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Cousin multi-marriages complicating genogram rules

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Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - Post #39050
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(Apologies in advance for the long question.)

I'm having trouble figuring out how to arrange part of a family tree while following genogram rules.

The situation:
  • 1st-born has 2 girls (A & B)
  • 2nd-born has 2 boys (C & D)
  • A weds E (unrelated), then D (cousin)
  • C weds F (unrelated), then A (cousin)
I've drawn up several possible solutions, and all of them have problems. See the image below:

http://support.genopro.com/Uploads/Images/233aaa49-7f65-43be-a834-cd07.png


TREE 1.
Genogram rule #1 (husband left/wife right) isn't easily doable for the cousin spouses, because the fathers follow rule #4 (siblings left-to-right by age). I positioned the non-related spouses correctly though.
PROBLEM:
Can't decipher marriage orders for A & C, as spouses bracket them, rather than being in order to one side.

TREE 2.
I simply added number labels to the previous tree for clarification.
PROBLEM:
I tend to put marriage age here, if I have it, so the spot's not always free.

TREE 3.
Everyone positioned as in previous two trees, but I've tiered the marriage lines to show order.
PROBLEM:
It seems space-wasty? But decipherable, I guess.

TREE 4.
Reverse rule #1, just for the cousins and their spouses (i.e. put wives at left).
PROBLEM:
The inconsistency bothers me. All other wives are on right. But it works.

TREE 5.
Ignore genogram rule #4 (sibling order) for the fathers instead.
PROBLEM:
Again, it works, but the inconsistency bugs me.

TREE 6.
Just for amusement's sake, I followed all rules (wife at right, birth order, spouses in order).
PROBLEM:
Such a mess! I had to, like, loop-de-loop the older daughter, and do a lot of line-crossing.



So! I guess my question is, which of the above trees (or none, I suppose) is most correct, following genogram rules. (And common sense rules. Because tree 6. Urgh.)

(ETA: Have I even posted this in the right place? Not sure it's a 'technical support question'? Sorry if not. Feel free to delete and I'll repost... somewhere else.)

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Edited: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 by Tibbie




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