How to Make a Family Tree With Pictures
A family tree is a visual representation of the relationships between the various members of a family. Today, the family tree has become a science, with companies providing services in researching and producing extensive family trees that go back many generations. Making your own family tree that includes photos of your loved ones is a way of showing your appreciation and love for, as well as interest in, your family.
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Things You'll Need
- Pencil
- Paper
- Photographs of family members
- Scissors
- Glue
- Permanent market
Instructions
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Decide how many generations you wish to include in your tree. Write down the name of each person included in the selected generations so that no one is left out.
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Cut out with scissors each person's face from a recent photograph. To make sure they are easy to see, the faces ideally should be no smaller than 1 inch by 1 inch.
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Draw a simple outline of a tree with many branches on a piece of paper, no smaller than 8-by-11 inches. See resources for example.
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Glue the faces of the mother and father of the earliest generation (A and B) somewhere on two branches at the highest level of the tree.
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Attach the faces of the A and B's children (C) to the branches at the next highest level. Glue the face of C's spouse (D) next to C's face.
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Glue the photos of the next generation directly below C and D. Make sure that each child is directly below his or her parent as opposed to an uncle or aunt.
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Continue to expand the tree, moving towards the lowest branches until every generation you wanted to include is represented.
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Write in permanent market each person's name and last name at the bottom of their photograph
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Tips & Warnings
Family trees are a great gift idea for grandparents or great-grandparents, providing them with photos of their entire extended family in one place.
