Family Tree studio

What Family Tree is for

Family Tree is a focused Wenodify workspace for hierarchical relationships — not a generic node map with family icons. Open it at /app/genealogy.

Partners sit on the same generation row. Children drop from the couple midpoint. Each new household forms its own balanced branch as the tree grows wide and deep. The canvas stays the same whether you are mapping genealogy, language families, clan lineage, or org structure — you pick a tree type when you start to set labels and export meaning.

Tree types

Eight templates set a display name, short description, default root label, and relationship hints. They do not change layout or canvas logic — only how you frame the tree and what treeType appears in exported JSON.

• Family Genealogy — default; parents, children, and partners
• Language Family Tree — proto-language → branches → dialects
• Clan & Lineage Tree — ancestor → clan branches → living members
• Noun Class Tree — root noun class → subclasses → example words
• Word Etymology Tree — root word → evolved forms → modern variants
• Dialect Map — parent language → regional dialects → sub-dialects
• Org Chart — root organization → departments → roles
• Knowledge Domain Tree — subject → topics → subtopics

Full descriptions, authoring tips, and export notes: Tree types guide →

Building a tree

1. StartAdd the first person as your tree reference point (generation 0). This is your root household anchor.
2. ConnectSelect a person and add their partner. Placeholder partners start inactive — name and activate them when ready.
3. GrowWith an active couple selected, add children. Each child can later get their own partner and descendants, forming new households.

Click behavior

• No partner yet → adds a partner (may start as placeholder)
• Placeholder partner → activates and names the partner
• Active couple → adds a child to the household
• Double-click any name → rename inline

Relationship fields

Each person in the export includes:

Exports use mode: "family-tree" and treeType (for example family-genealogy or language-family) — not graph_type. See export guide and tree types.

Layout rules

• Partners always appear side by side on the same generation row.
• A vertical drop from the couple midpoint connects to a children line below.
• Children are placed symmetrically — first child centered, then alternating left and right as siblings are added.
• Auto-layout stays on; use Fit tree (⌘0) to reframe the canvas.
• Generation labels appear on the left as depth increases.

Desktop register — not a phone chat

Family Tree preview is a desktop register: a scrollable outline on the left and a detail panel on the right. Tap any entry to read parents, partner, and children as a simple list. This is intentionally different from Idea Map conversation, chatbot, and quiz previews, which open as phone-shaped scripted flows.

All eight tree types share the same register shape — only labels and export treeType change. Use Preview or ⌘⇧E from the studio toolbar.

Inspector, report, and more

Inspector

Select a person to open the inspector — activate partners, add children, jump to relatives, view details, collapse subtree, or delete.

Report panel

Summarizes totals, visible vs hidden, generations, leaves, average children, largest subtree, longest path, most connected person, and a text outline you can copy or download.

More tools menu

• Expand all / collapse all / center root
• Delete selected or delete all
• Import JSON, export JSON / SQL / PNG