Everyone on the family tree for Things Fall Apart
| Portrait | Person | In the story | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O | OkonkwoLeader of Umuofia | Dies in Part Three | He kills a messenger and hangs himself. | Find on the chart |
| U | UnokaFather of Okonkwo | Dies before the novel | He died in debt and disgrace. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| O | Okonkwo’s motherMother of Okonkwo | Dies before the novel | Her kin in Mbanta shelter her son. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| U | UchenduMother’s younger brother | Part Two | He shelters Okonkwo in Mbanta. | Find on the chart |
| N | Nwoye’s motherFirst wife | All three parts | Never named, generous, with many children. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| E | EkwefiSecond wife | All three parts | The mother of Ezinma, her only surviving child. | Find on the chart |
| O | OjiugoThird wife | All three parts | Okonkwo beats her in the Week of Peace. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| N | NwoyeEldest son | All three parts | He joins the Christians and is renamed Isaac. | Find on the chart |
| E | EzinmaDaughter of Ekwefi | All three parts | Okonkwo’s favourite daughter. | Find on the chart |
| I | IkemefunaBoy from Mbaino | Dies in Part One | He lives three years in the household and is killed. | Find on the chart |
| OE | Ogbuefi EzeuduOldest man of the village | Dies in Part One | He warns Okonkwo against killing Ikemefuna. | Find on the chart |
| O | ObierikaFriend of Okonkwo | All three parts | He visits Okonkwo in exile. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| C | ChieloPriestess of Agbala | Part One | A friend of Ekwefi who cares for Ezinma. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| MB | Mr BrownMissionary | Parts Two and Three | He seeks compromise and leaves when ill. | Find on the chart |
| MS | Mr SmithMissionary | Part Three | He replaces Mr Brown and allows no compromise. | Find on the chart |
| TD | The District CommissionerBritish government | Part Three | He arrests the clan leaders after the church burns. | Find on the chart |
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- MLA“A Family Tree for Things Fall Apart.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/things-fall-apart-family-tree.
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- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) A Family Tree for Things Fall Apart. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/things-fall-apart-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
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Sources and credits
The relations come from the character lists of GradeSaver and LitCharts and the LitCharts summary, checked against a course page of Northern Arizona University on 10 November 2026. Where they disagree, on the mother of Nwoye, the page gives both readings. The page shows no picture because the novel is in copyright.
Northern Arizona University, English 203