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Free online family tree maker

Tell your family's story. We'll draw the family tree.

Write about your family the way you'd tell it, like My mum is Rosa. She has two brothers. PeoplePlotr turns your words into a beautiful family tree as you type.

Try it now, no sign-up Create a free account

Free to start. Works in your browser, with nothing to download.

Need an org chart instead? Try our org chart maker →

The Bell family tree in the Storybook design
Storybook
The Wars of the Roses family tree in the Royal design
Royal · Wars of the Roses
The Bell family tree in the Superheroes design
Superheroes
The Romeo and Juliet family tree in the Flowers design
Flowers · Romeo and Juliet
The Bell family tree in the Space Crew design
Space Crew
The Wuthering Heights family tree in the Vintage design
Vintage · Wuthering Heights
The Bell family tree in the Mountain design
Mountain
The Macbeth family tree in the Oil Painting design
Oil Painting · Macbeth
The Brontë family tree in the Sampler design
Sampler · The Brontës

Try the family tree maker right here

Pick a family from Examples, or clear it and start writing your own. Try a different design from the top bar. Nothing is saved to our servers until you sign up, and then the tree you started comes with you.

How to make your family tree

  1. 1

    Write it like you'd tell it

    Names, ages, who married whom, the stories that get told at every get-together. Plain sentences are all it takes.

  2. 2

    Watch the tree grow

    Every sentence updates the tree straight away. Colours in your story show what PeoplePlotr understood, so it's easy to put right.

  3. 3

    Share it with family

    Send a link, add it to your website*, or save it as a picture* to print. Hide surnames and ages, or add a password.

*Some features require a premium account

Family tree designs: every family, its own look

Change the whole tree's design with one click. Here's the Bell family from Examples, and some famous families from our family tree examples.

More than a family tree

Everything in your story comes to life. Here's what the Bells get from a few plain sentences.

  • The timeline stepping through the year Juno was born

    Timeline

    Press play and watch the family's story unfold, year by year: births, weddings, moves and milestones.

  • A quiz question: who was born first?

    Family quiz

    Who was born first? Whose dog is Pickle? A quiz made from your own tree, perfect for family get-togethers.

  • Juno's hobbies and personality: reading, drawing, shy, clever

    Personalities

    Shy, cheeky, wise or grumpy. Say what people are like and it shows in their faces and their profiles.

  • Kofi's card showing that he plays guitar

    Hobbies

    Guitar, football, knitting, chess. Every hobby gets its own little badge on the person's card.

  • Pickle the dog and Nugget the hamster beside their owners

    Pets

    Dogs, cats, hamsters and more join the family too, right next to the people who love them.

In the classroom

Family trees for school projects, history and English

PeoplePlotr copes with the most tangled families in history and fiction, so students and teachers can use it for real work.

The Tudor family tree in the Royal design: dozens of people across six generations
The Tudors: six wives, half-siblings, step-relations and six generations, all from one plain-English story.
  • The Tudor timeline, stepping to the year Mary I was born

    History

    Build royal houses and famous families, then step through them on the timeline and test yourself with the quiz. Explore the Tudor family tree

  • The families of War and Peace as a tree of old photographs

    English

    Map the characters of a novel or play, like the Rostovs and Bolkonskys of War and Peace, and see how everyone connects. Explore the Wuthering Heights family tree

  • A story with each name, relationship and date coloured as it is understood

    Writing

    The tree only grows from clear, precise sentences. Colours show at once what was understood, so pupils can see how to improve their writing.

Family history projects: add birth and death dates, places, sources and notes, and share the finished tree with the class.

Education accounts are coming soon, with a Silver account for the teacher and 50 Bronze accounts for pupils. See accounts

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Accounts

Start free. Upgrade when you'd like more trees, or to put them on your own website. Every account can make at least one story tree.

  • Free

    A great way to start

    Free

    • One story tree
    • Up to 25 people
    • Stories up to 25,000 characters
    • Share with a link, or keep it to people with a secret word
    • 12 tree designs, including Storybook, Royal and Superheroes, with every colour scheme
    Sign up free

  • Bronze

    For individuals and small community groups*

    US$10 a month

    • Up to five story trees
    • Up to 250 people per tree
    • Put your trees on your website, with 5,000 views a month
    • All 24 tree designs, including Oil Painting, Vintage, Zen and Classic Oak
    • Import and download GEDCOM files, for Ancestry and other family history sites
    Start free, then upgrade

  • Silver

    For small businesses and professional bloggers*

    US$29.50 a month

    • Up to 25 story trees
    • Up to 500 people per tree
    • Put your trees on your website, with 20,000 views a month
    • All 24 tree designs, including Oil Painting, Vintage, Zen and Classic Oak
    • Import and download GEDCOM files, for Ancestry and other family history sites
    Start free, then upgrade

  • Education

    For teachers and their pupils*

    Coming soon

    • A Silver account for the teacher
    • 50 Bronze accounts for pupils, each with their own story trees
    • Put trees on your school website
    • No advertisements

*To buy a premium account, sign up for a free account first, then upgrade from your account page. PeoplePlotr accounts can be used by individuals, families, schools and organisations for their own family trees and charts. Making trees for clients, for example as a genealogist or an agency, needs a commercial licence. Please get in touch at hello@peopleplotr.com.

Prefer to pay for a year of Premium by invoice? Email hello@peopleplotr.com.

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