Kinship Diagram Maker
Visualize Lineage and Understand Cultural Relationships
Visualize biological relationships and understand how they translate into social and cultural realities with Creately’s Kinship diagram maker.
- Customizable templates to effectively analyze cultural dynamics
- Specific kinship diagram symbols libraries to show multiple relationship types
- Represent large societal units and understand relationships at a glance
- Customizable templates to effectively analyze cultural dynamics
- Specific kinship diagram symbols libraries to show multiple relationship types
- Represent large societal units and understand relationships at a glance
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Develop a Better Anthropological Understanding with Kinship Symbols
Infinite canvas to represent large societal structures together and represent complex relationships with ease.
Simple to use drag and drop tools to arrange the relationships types and build detailed kinship diagrams.
Specific shape libraries to represent people, marriage and cohabitation, decent and more.
Data enabled shape panel to add additional information to specific symbols in a kinship diagram- to clarify relationship types.
Conduct In-depth Cultural Analysis Together with Kinship Chart
Collaborative workspaces to connect multiple research participants and interact like you are in the same room.
Multiple access levels and roles to share with relevant members as viewers, reviewers, and editores.
Real-time cursors for any number of participants. Collaborate with other research participants for better understanding.
Pinpoint Comments to receive detailed feedback on kingship diagrams.
Centralize All Your Findings with Kinship Diagram Maker Online
Link shapes and workspaces to related diagrams like family trees, skill trees and more.
Import images, vectors, and more into the canvas to create a more holistic view of different cultures and relationships.
Embed documents and reference links to specific research insight, papers and studies right on the canvas.
Export with high-quality formats such as SVG, PNG, JPEG, or PDF.
What is a Kinship Diagram?
How to Make a Kinship Chart with Creately’s Kinship Diagram Maker?
Start a new diagram
Open a new workspace in Creately’s kinship diagram maker. Select a kinship diagram template from the templates library. This gives you a basic structure to begin with.
Interview your informant
Decide on the individual and interview your informants to gather information. Identify and list down all your research findings of the specific culture or the society.
Add family members
Use circles for females and squares for males. You can drag and drop these shapes onto the canvas. Click on each shape to add names or other details about the family members. Create a rough outline of the plan by arranging the identified relationships. Alternatively you can pick a Creately kinship diagram template. Creately offers an array of templates for you to pick a layout for your plan and get started quickly.
Connect the family
Draw lines to connect family members. Horizontal lines can show marriages, and vertical lines can indicate parent-child relationships. Arrange the shapes so that older generations are at the top and younger generations are below.
Customize your chart
Customize the look of your diagram by changing colors, fonts, and styles to make it visually appealing. You can add notes or additional information about each family member or relationship.
Save and share
Share your kinship diagram with the team to discuss to modify if required. Gather their feedback with contextual comments on Creately. You can download your kinship diagram as a SVG, PNG, JPEG, or PDF for printing, sharing, publishing, or presentations. You can also share it with anyone via email.
Visualize Relationships with Editable Templates
FAQs About the Kinship Diagram Maker in Creately
Who can use a kinship diagram?
What are the key kinship diagram symbols?
In a kinship diagram, various symbols represent different types of individuals and relationships. Here are the key symbols commonly used:
- Circles: Represent females.
- Tirangle: Represent males.
- Horizontal Lines: Indicate marriages or partnerships between individuals.
- Vertical Lines: Connect parents to their children, showing parent-child relationships.
- Diamonds: Sometimes used to represent individuals whose gender is not specified or to denote a non-binary person.
- Double Lines: Indicate a marriage or relationship that involves a divorce or separation.
- Dashed Lines: Often represent informal relationships or adopted relationships.
- Shaded Shapes: May be used to indicate individuals with specific traits or conditions, such as a particular health issue or role within the family.
- Brackets: Group family members together, such as siblings or extended family units.
What is a sample use case that illustrates how I can use a kinship diagram?
What is the Difference Between Family Trees, Genograms and Kinship Diagrams?
What are some key tips that I should know before diving into interviews with informants?
The creation of kinship diagrams rely on people. Therefore, to gather the necessary information you will have to talk to family members, patriarchs, matriarchs and many others who will be your informants. It is best to conduct these informant interviews in-person and you should always keep a note taking tool within reach to quickly sketch and visualize.
With Creately’s kinship diagram maker, you can meet your informants anywhere, anytime. Use the in-conferencing capabilities or integrations with Microsoft Teams to interview and discuss the diagram. Make use of the freehand drawing and whiteboarding capabilities to note down information, sketch as you interview and much more.
How can I customize a kinship diagram in Creately’s Kinship diagram maker?
How can I get started in making a kinship diagram in Creately’s Kinship diagram maker?
