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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: 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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