Grandma’s Growing Family
Everyone who began with them.
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A descendant tree that starts with a grandparent or a couple and flows down through children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren — with partners, blended families and adoptions shown the way your family lives them.
Start with the grandparent (and partner), then add children and grandchildren.
Free to personalize and download. Digital files only.
What you receive
Make your family artwork in the studio, then download the files for your chosen size.
- PDF & SVG
- An exact-size print PDF and scalable SVG artwork with embedded fonts. Multi-page designs have a separate SVG for each page.
- JPG & PNG
- Page images labelled with their actual resolution. Large pages may exceed image limits; check the available downloads in the studio.
- A print bundle
- A ZIP of artwork.pdf, proof.pdf, SVGs, supported JPGs, people.csv, print-instructions.txt and manifest.json. Export again to change print sizes; page and image limits apply.
- An editable backup
- Save a separate .familytree.zip from My projects. It keeps your family, design settings and saved photos for restoring and editing later.
Check the proof, included people and fit before printing. Digital files only; arrange your own printing and frame. Read the print guide →
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How a descendant tree reads
The tree starts with one person or a couple at the top and flows down, generation by generation, through their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Partners sit beside the people they married or lived with, and each child is joined to the right parents.
Remarriages, blended families, adoptions and guardians are drawn the way you record them. You choose how many generations to include, and whether to show years and places.
Good to know
- Each partnership is its own union, so children from a first and a second marriage stay with the right parents.
- People you leave out of this design stay in your family file, and the proof lists exactly who is on the print.
- Add a title and a short dedication, set in the style you choose.
- Layout
- Descendant tree
- People
- Up to 30 on this design
- Generations
- Starts at 3, up to 5
- Starting style
- Timeless — Warm paper, fine rules and a quiet serif. Any of the 10 styles can be chosen instead.
- Starting size
- 20 × 16 in (508 × 406 mm), landscape. Choose another size in the studio and check the proof and fit before exporting.
- Files
- Vector PDF, SVG, PNG and JPG, Print bundle
Included
- Descendant tree up to 30 names
- Partners, remarriages and adoptions
- Optional title and dedication
Best for: A birthday, Mother’s Day or holiday gift for a grandparent.
Start Grandma’s Growing Family in any style
Compare the lettering, palettes and borders of all 10 styles on a descendant example. Pick one to start Grandma’s Growing Family with it already chosen. You can switch styles later without changing your family.
Three ways to begin
Type names
Start with one person and add relatives one at a time. Unknown dates and places are fine.
Import GEDCOM
Export a .ged file from your genealogy software. You review what was read before anything is used. How importing works
Import CSV
Keep your family in a spreadsheet? Use the studio’s CSV template, with one row per person.
Start your Grandma’s Growing Family.
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