Please look at the pictures below is the template that chose from EdrawMax. The second step is to choose a template that EdrawMax provided or create a new one, which is as you like. The first step is to open EdrawMax, choose Science and Education, and select Genogram.
How to make a genogram easily? Using EdrawMax to create your own genogram. Besides, you can change your favorite color and increase the age or mark someone's situation to help readers better understand this genetic map. The two "blue" children married each other and have the "black" generation three. You can see the first family on the left, the mother, was dead. The two original families, which we call generation one, have generation two as their children. From this genetic map, the reader can easily understand what I want to express to these three generations. The next step is to continue adding the symbols and lines until you have finished your genogram creation. Click the first shape that shapes where you want to attach the line. Establish a connection between two symbols. Then click and drag to draw the lines as you like. The second step is to click the INSERT tab and choose the SHAPES tab, select the symbols such as a square or circle to represent male and female, or you can add the other symbols to represent pet and so on. Then you can start to put our symbols on it. Then select the text box options to erase it. You have to open your PowerPoint and select a new slide. Now let's make a genogram on PowerPoint together. Some people may confuse about how to make a genogram in PowerPoint. You also can add the age and the birth year to tell people pieces of information. When you see an "X" inside the symbol of people, which means this person passes away. The man had a girl with his second wife, and they separated soon, and he lives with his third wife until now. Thus, this example tells the reader the man has three children, a boy, and twins, with his first wife, and then they divorced. What is an emotional relationship? Symbols of two persons were connected by a line that shows the emotional relationships of the family pedigree. This genogram clearly tells reader the emotional relationships betweet the man and his three spouses.
The example that I gave below is a husband with his three wives. There is essential to remember the place order when you want to make a complex genogram. The children's symbols are placed from the oldest to the youngest from left to right. We use horizontal lines to connect two symbols and make it a family genogram. A square states the male, and the female is represented by the circle.