Genogram Maker

Free Genogram Maker

Everything you need to draw a professional genogram, free: standard symbols, all the relationship and emotional lines, clinical templates, and PNG/PDF export. No account, no trial clock, no download. Start below — this is the live tool, not a screenshot.

Saved

Drag people to arrange. Click a person to edit their details.

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Editable preview — your changes aren't saved here.

Quick start

  1. Add people with the ▢ ◯ ◇ buttons, then click the canvas.
  2. Use Connect… for marriages, children, and emotional lines.
  3. Click a person to edit name, years, deceased, notes.
  4. Drag to arrange, or hit Auto-arrange.
  5. Export as PNG or PDF — the legend builds itself.

Export

includes watermark

Includes a title block and an auto-generated legend of the symbols you used.

What's actually free?

The whole builder. Add unlimited people across 3–4 generations; draw marriages, divorces, separations, and cohabitation; attach biological, adopted, and foster children and twins; overlay close, fused, distant, conflict, and cutoff lines; mark deceased and index persons; and export finished PNG or PDF files with a title block and an auto-generated legend. Free exports carry a small "Made with genogram-maker.com" footer watermark — that's the entire catch. A Pro option (watermark-free, high-resolution export) exists for people who need pristine files for publication.

Why free tools usually fall short — and what we did differently

Most free genogram makers are either general diagram apps with a genogram sticker pack (wrong notation, no emotional layer) or teasers that lock export behind a signup wall. This one was built from McGoldrick-standard notation first — the full symbol set is documented here — and export is a button, not a funnel. Your data also never leaves the browser: work is autosaved locally, which is the right default when the diagram contains client or patient information.

Good places to start

  • Three clinical templates — family therapy, family health history, social work assessment — pre-connected and editable.
  • Worked examples that narrate the notation symbol by symbol.
  • The full editor with autosave, undo, auto-arrange, and keyboard shortcuts.