SHAPING YOUR FAMILY’S FUTURE


APPENDIX A


3. Based on the information you gathered, organize family members by generation and in order of birth. Divide the page in half. At the top of the page, on the left half, draw a one-inch square for your dad’s father (about an inch from the left margin), and a one-inch circle for his mother (about an inch to the left of center)—your paternal grandparents. Draw a short vertical line down from the square and circle, then connect the short vertical lines with a single solid horizontal line. This indicates that your father’s parents were married. If your grandparents are divorced, or in some other type of relationship, you should use a different type of symbol to connect the square and circle. For the correct symbol, look in Appendix B, under the explanation of genogram symbols, where it explains the interpersonal relationship symbols. Do the same on the right half of the chart for your mother’s parents, with her dad’s square about an inch right of the center line and her mom’s circle about an inch left of the right margin. To the right of each square or circle, provide the person’s name, and below the square or circle, list his or her birth date, including the full year (e.g., “b. 11/15/1909”). On the horizontal line, indicate the date they were married (e.g., “m. 5/10/1932”). If they got divorced, put two forward slashes next to each other in the middle of the line and indicate the date of divorce.


4. Add a short vertical line down from the horizontal “married” line between your father’s parents for each of the children in your father’s immediate family. Space these evenly on the line, listing the children in order of their birth, the oldest on the far left and the youngest on the far right. At the bottom of each of these vertical lines, draw a square or circle for a boy or girl, respectively. Next to each square and circle, list the name of the person, and below the square or circle, give the date of birth. Do the same for your mother’s immediate family, on the right half of the genogram.


5. Draw a short vertical line down from your father’s square on the left and your mother’s circle on the right. Connect these two short vertical lines with a single solid horizontal line, as you did with your grandparents. On this horizontal line, indicate your parents’ marriage date. If they are divorced, put two forward slashes next to each other in the center of the horizontal line and indicate the divorce date.


6. Repeat for your own immediate family what you did in Step 4 for each of your parents’ immediate families. Add a short vertical line down from the horizontal line between


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