This reference shows every symbol and line that Genogram Builder draws. Of the 74 entries, 59 belong to the notation of McGoldrick, Gerson and Petry (2020), and the remaining 15 are conventions of the editor, which are marked as such.
Select a symbol to see it in a small family drawn by the editor, together with its definition, the procedure for drawing it and the symbols with which it is often confused. The search accepts names, meanings and descriptions of appearance, such as estranged or zigzag.
The same symbols fit on one printed page, drawn by the editor and grouped by kind. Download the symbol chart as a PDF, or as a PNG. The printable sheets on the templates page use the same notation.
Notation reference
74 symbols, of which 59 belong to the standard notation
