How to draw a genogram?

Creately can be used to draw genograms to depict a person’s family relationships and history. You can use the standard genogram shapes and icons available on the app to start creating a genogram from scratch or you can also use one of our premade templates to get a head start.

Creating a genogram from scratch

Here’s how you can create a genogram using shapes from our shapes panel.

1. Click on the + button
2. Select the shapes you want to add to your genogram
3. Link them using connectors to show their relationships

Creating a genogram from scratch

Using templates to create a genogram

By adding a template you can easily save a lot of time and effort. 

1. Click on the + button
2. Open the Templates panel
3. Search for Genogram
4. Click to add the genogram template to your workspace
5. Start editing

Using a template

Tip: You could conveniently duplicate shapes and groups of shapes by selecting and pressing the CTRL+D keys in Windows and CMD+D keys on Mac.