eusigithub / familytreemaker

Generates a family tree graph from a simple text file

familytreemaker

This program creates family tree graphs from simple text files.

The input file format is very simple, you describe persons of your family line by line, children just have to follow parents in the file. Persons can be repeated as long as they keep the same name or id. An example is given in the file LouisXIVfamily.txt.

Installation

Simply clone the repo.

This script outputs a graph descriptor in DOT format. To make the image containing the graph, you will need a graph drawer such as [GraphViz] 1.

Usage

The sample family descriptor LouisXIVfamily.txt is here to show you the usage. Simply run:

$ ./familytreemaker.py -a 'Louis XIV' LouisXIVfamily.txt | dot -Tpng -o LouisXIVfamily.png

It will generate the tree from the infos in LouisXIVfamily.txt, starting from Louis XIV and saving the image in LouisXIVfamily.png.

You can see the result: