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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.

The Bell family tree in the Storybook design
Storybook
The Bell family tree in the Superheroes design
Superheroes
The Bell family tree in the Space Crew design
Space Crew
The Bell family tree in the Flowers design
Flowers
The Bell family tree in the Glass design
Glass

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: one family, many looks

Change the whole tree's design with one click. Here's the Bell family, from Examples, six more ways.

  • The Bell family tree as royaltyRoyal
  • The Bell family tree as Wild West postersWanted
  • The Bell family tree as old photographsVintage
  • The Bell family tree as stained glass windowsGlass
  • The Bell family tree as a spaceship crewSpace Crew
  • The Bell family tree in calm ink and paperZen

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.

  • 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.

  • 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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Choose a username and password, add your email, and you're in. Your first story tree is free, whatever account you have.

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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

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    • 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
    • Most tree designs and 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
    • Stories up to 100,000 characters
    • Every tree design, including Oil Painting, Vintage and Zen
    • Save your tree as a picture
    • Put your trees on your website, with 5,000 views a month
    • Let search engines list your tree
    • No advertisements
    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
    • Stories up to 250,000 characters
    • Every tree design, including Oil Painting, Vintage and Zen
    • Save your tree as a picture
    • Put your trees on your website, with 20,000 views a month
    • Let search engines list your tree
    • No advertisements
    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. Our accounts can't be used commercially to make trees for other companies. Agencies who want trees for their clients can email us at hello@peopleplotr.com.

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