I’m sitting at the Family History Library and can’t help but overhear a conversation three people are having regarding a series of family members. The verbal descriptions of the relationship are accurate, but confusion would be reduced if a quick chart was drawn out showing the family connections, marriages, etc.

Sometimes it’s hard to keep a large amount of new information and relationships “in your head.” Sometimes it’s difficult to keep information we’ve know for decades straight in our head.

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  1. Sometimes I report to charts on a bulletin board so that I can use colored strings to connect people – particularly when there are folks that are related in multiple ways. My husband has several people who are both aunts/uncles AND/or cousins AND/or grandparents of his many generations back!

  2. When I desplay my tree at family reunions I have a diamond chart that spells out relationships to several generations. I usually have to explain how to use it. but it has been helpful for all.

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