Make a genogram for your class or your case file.
Add relatives one at a time and the chart draws itself in standard genogram notation, with a legend that writes itself. Nothing you type leaves this browser.Add relatives one at a time and the chart draws itself in standard genogram notation: marriages and divorces, twins, adoption, deaths, emotional lines and health conditions. The legend writes itself. Nothing you type leaves this browser.
Free to build. No account. No upload.
The genogram in words
- Walter, male, 80; partners June (married); Alcohol use disorder.
- June, female, deceased; partners Walter (married).
- Jorge, male, deceased; partners Rosa (married).
- Rosa, female, 76; partners Jorge (married).
- Daniel, male, 52; parents Walter and June; partners Elena (divorced), Priya (married).
- Elena, female, 50; parents Jorge and Rosa; partners Daniel (divorced); Depression.
- Priya, female, 47; partners Daniel (married).
- Leo, male, 9; parents Daniel and Priya.
- Sam, male, 27; parents Daniel and Elena.
- Maya, female, 24, index person; parents Daniel and Elena.
- Close line: Maya and Elena.
- Conflict line: Sam and Daniel.
- Cutoff line: Elena and Rosa.
Built around what instructors grade
Genogram assignments in social work, counseling, family therapy and nursing ask for the same core pieces. The check bar tracks them while you work.Genogram assignments in social work, counseling, family therapy and nursing programs ask for the same core pieces. The check bar under the chart tracks them while you work.
Three generations
The index person, their parents and grandparents. Add more whenever the assignment asks.The index person, their parents and their grandparents. Add great-grandparents or children whenever the assignment asks.
Standard symbols
Deaths, marriages, divorces, twins, adoption, foster care and pregnancies.Deaths, marriages, separations, divorces, twins, adoption, foster care and pregnancies, drawn in the standard McGoldrick–Gerson notation.
Emotional relationships
Close, fused, distant, conflict, cutoff and abuse lines, in color or black and white.Close, fused, distant, conflict, cutoff, abuse and focused-on lines, in color or in black and white for printing.
Health and behavior
Standard shading for substance use and illness, or your own condition with a color.Shade substance use and mental or physical illness the standard way, or add your own condition with a color.
Households
A dotted line around the people who live together now.Draw a dotted line around the people who live together now, including a foster or blended household.
A legend that matches
Every symbol you used, and nothing you didn’t, on the same page.Every symbol, line and condition you used, and nothing you didn’t, listed on the same page as the chart.
Your course uses its own key? Rename any line or condition, and the legend follows.
Every symbol your course key uses
Drawn to the common conventions from McGoldrick, Gerson and Petry’s Genograms: Assessment and Treatment.Drawn to the common conventions from McGoldrick, Gerson and Petry’s Genograms: Assessment and Treatment, a widely used key.
PeoplePeople and pregnancies
- Male
- Female
- Deceased
- Index person
- Pregnancy
- Miscarriage
- Stillbirth
Couples and children
- Married
- Living together
- Separated
- Divorced
- TwinsIdentical twins
- AdoptedAdopted child
- Foster child
Emotional lines
- Close
- Fused
- Distant
- Conflict
- Cutoff
- Abuse
- Focused on
Health and household
- SubstanceSubstance use
- Suspected substance use
- IllnessMental or physical illness
- Illness and substance use
- Your ownYour own condition
- HouseholdLives together
From a blank page to a printed genogram
Step 1: Start with the index person
Name or initials, gender and birth year. That’s the center of the chart.Enter the person the genogram is about: name or initials, gender and birth year. That’s the center of the chart.
Step 2: Add relatives from that person
Tap Parents, Partner, Sibling, Twin or Child. Each person lands in the right generation, oldest child on the left.Click Parents, Partner, Sibling, Twin or Child. Each person lands in the right generation, with children ordered oldest to youngest from the left.
Step 3: Mark what matters, then export
Emotional lines, conditions, household. Clear the check bar and download a one-page PDF with the legend.Draw emotional lines, shade conditions, circle the household, clear the check bar, and download a one-page PDF with the legend.
Your client’s family never leaves this device.
Genogram Builder runs entirely in your browser. No account, and the chart is never uploaded: not when you save, export or pay.Genogram Builder runs entirely in your browser. There’s no account, and the chart is never uploaded: not when you save, not when you export, not when you pay.
Saved on your computer
Autosaves in this browser; download a .genogram file to keep a copy.Work autosaves in this browser. Download a .genogram file to keep a copy or open it on another computer.
De-identify with one switch
Initials or roles like Mother and Maternal grandfather.Swap names for initials or roles like Mother and Maternal grandfather before you print, share or submit.
Files made on your machine
PDFs and images are generated in the browser.PDFs and images are generated in the browser. We never receive or store them.
Checkout without your data
Stripe gets an email for the receipt, never the genogram.Stripe handles payment. We get an email address for the receipt, never the genogram.
A drawing tool, not a clinical record system, and we don’t sign BAAs. Follow your agency’s rules for storing client information.Genogram Builder is a drawing tool, not a clinical record system, and we don’t sign business associate agreements. Follow your agency’s rules for where client information may be stored.
Free to build. Pay once when you need a clean copy.
No limits on people or generations. You pay only to download files without the watermark.The editor has no limits on people or generations. You pay only to download files without the watermark, and nothing renews.
Free
$0always
Build and check your genogram.Build and check your genogram.
- Unlimited people and generations
- Every symbol, line and condition
- Auto legend and assignment check
- PNG preview with a Draft watermark
- Unlimited people and generations
- Every symbol, line and condition
- Auto legend and assignment check
- Save in your browser or to a file
- PNG preview with a Draft watermark
For one class assignment
Assignment pass
$12one time
30 days of clean exports, first draft to resubmission.30 days of clean exports, from first draft to resubmission.
- PDF, PNG and SVG, no watermark
- Letter, A4, Legal or Tabloid
- Title block and de-identified copy
- Unlimited re-exports for 30 days
- PDF, PNG and SVG with no watermark
- Letter, A4, Legal or Tabloid, either orientation
- Title block with your name, course and date
- De-identified copy with initials or roles
- Unlimited re-exports for 30 days
Practice year
$39one time
12 months of clean exports for field placement and casework.12 months of clean exports for field placement and casework.
- Everything in the Assignment pass
- Black-and-white print style
- Ends on its own; no subscription
- Everything in the Assignment pass
- Clean exports for 12 months
- Black-and-white print style for case files
- Ends on its own; no subscription
Stripe Checkout, one-time payments, nothing renews. 14-day refund at [email protected].
- One-time payments through Stripe Checkout. Nothing renews.
- 14-day refund: write to [email protected] and we refund it.
- No account needed. Your pass lives in this browser; after you pay, we show an access link for your other devices.
Questions students and clinicians ask
Do I need an account?
No. You can build, save and pay without one. Your pass is stored in this browser. After you pay, we show an access link: open it on another device to use your pass there.
Is it HIPAA compliant?
No. We never receive the genogram, so no client information reaches our servers, but we don’t sign BAAs: follow your agency’s rules for where client records live.
Which symbols does it use?
The widely used McGoldrick–Gerson conventions. If your instructor’s key differs, rename lines and conditions and the legend updates.
What does the free version export?
A PNG with a diagonal Draft watermark, so you can check the layout and spelling before you pay.
Can I keep editing after I pay?
Yes. Edit and re-export as often as you like while your pass is active. The genogram file stays yours and stays editable.
Does it work on a Chromebook, Mac or iPad?
Yes, in any current browser. Building is easiest with a mouse or trackpad; on a phone you can add relatives and review the chart.