Guides

Family tree guides

Famous family trees to explore, and ideas for making your own.

• Character family tree maker: family trees for your novel or fantasy world

  Make a family tree for your novel's characters by describing them in plain sentences. Track heirs, half-siblings and ages, with a fantasy example and War and Peace.

• How to make a family tree: a guide for kids and school projects

  A step-by-step guide to making a family tree for a school project, with questions to ask your family, family words explained and tips for step-families.

• The Tudor family tree: Henry VIII, his six wives and their children

  An interactive Tudor family tree, from Henry VII to Elizabeth I. See Henry VIII's six wives, his children, the Greys and how the Stuarts inherited the throne.