Everyone on the Joy Luck Club family tree
| Portrait | Person | In the story | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW | Suyuan WooFounder of the club | Dies before the novel | Mother of the twins and of Jing-mei. | Find on the chart |
| S | Suyuan’s first husbandFather of the twins | Dies in the war | An officer of the Kuomintang. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| CW | Canning WooFather of Jing-mei | All four sections | He goes to China with Jing-mei. | Find on the chart |
| CY | Chwun YuTwin daughter | Met in Section 4 | Left in China as a baby. | Find on the chart |
| CH | Chwun HwaTwin daughter | Met in Section 4 | Left in China as a baby. | Find on the chart |
| JW | Jing-mei WooDaughter of Suyuan | All four sections | Called June. | Find on the chart |
| A | An-mei’s motherFourth wife of Wu Tsing | Death told in Section 4 | She took her own life. | Find on the chart |
| WT | Wu TsingStepfather of An-mei | Section 4 | A rich merchant of Tientsin. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| AH | An-mei HsuMother of Rose | All four sections | She had seven children. | Find on the chart |
| RH | Rose Hsu JordanDaughter of An-mei | Sections 2 and 3 | Her husband Ted leaves her. | Find on the chart |
| TJ | Ted JordanHusband of Rose | Sections 2 to 4 | A doctor who asks for a divorce. | Find on the chart |
| BH | Bing HsuSon of An-mei | Dies in Section 2 | He drowned at the age of four. | Find on the chart |
| LJ | Lindo JongMother of Waverly | All four sections | She escaped a child marriage. | Find on the chart |
| T | Tyan-yuFirst husband of Lindo | Section 1 | Married to Lindo as children. | Find on the chart |
| TJ | Tin JongHusband of Lindo | All four sections | Father of three children. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| WJ | Winston JongSon of Lindo | Section 2 | An older brother of Waverly. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| VJ | Vincent JongSon of Lindo | Section 2 | An older brother of Waverly. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| WJ | Waverly JongDaughter of Lindo | Sections 2 and 3 | A chess champion as a child. | Find on the chart |
| MC | Marvin ChenFirst husband of Waverly | Section 3 | Father of Shoshana. | Find on the chart |
| S | ShoshanaDaughter of Waverly | Section 3 | Lindo’s only grandchild. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| RS | Rich SchieldsFiancé of Waverly | Section 3 | Lindo comes to accept him. | Find on the chart |
| YS | Ying-ying St. ClairMother of Lena | All four sections | Renamed Betty by her husband. | Find on the chart |
| LX | Lin XiaoFirst husband of Ying-ying | Section 4 | He treated her cruelly and died. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| CS | Clifford St. ClairHusband of Ying-ying | Sections 2 to 4 | An American, father of Lena. | Find on the chart |
| B | Baby sonSon of Ying-ying | Dies in Section 2 | He died at birth. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| LS | Lena St. ClairDaughter of Ying-ying | Sections 2 and 3 | Her marriage is failing. | Find on the chart |
| HL | Harold LivotnyHusband of Lena | Sections 3 and 4 | Her husband and her boss. | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Joy Luck Club family tree. https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/joy-luck-club-family-tree
- MLA“The Joy Luck Club Family Tree.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/joy-luck-club-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Joy Luck Club Family Tree.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/joy-luck-club-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Joy Luck Club Family Tree. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/joy-luck-club-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
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Sources and credits
The relations come from the Wikipedia article on the novel and the GradeSaver character list, and the section and narrator of each story from the GradeSaver summary. All were read on 10 November 2026. Where the two disagree, on the spelling of Rich’s surname and on whether Clifford is alive, the page says so. The page shows no picture because the novel is in copyright.
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