A good family tree creator earns its name by doing the part you don't want to do: the layout. You shouldn't have to nudge boxes around a page or worry about whether two branches overlap. You add the people and the relationships; the tool draws the chart. That's the difference between a creator and a blank canvas — and it's exactly how Kindred works.
What a family tree creator should do for you
Type in a name, say who their parents are, and a real creator handles the rest:
- Automatic layout. Boxes, spacing and connecting lines arrange themselves. Add a sibling or a missing grandparent and the whole chart re-balances on its own.
- No design skill required. You're never aligning anything by hand. The generator keeps the chart clean whether you have seven people or seventy.
- Instant restyle. Change a theme or the number of generations and the chart redraws in place, so you can see options without starting over.
The goal is simple: you think about your family, not about the diagram.
Two ways to create your tree
Start from scratch. Open the editor and add yourself, then your parents, then theirs. It's the natural "known to unknown" order genealogists use, and the chart grows with every name.
Generate from a file. Already have a tree elsewhere? Import a GEDCOM — the universal genealogy format used by Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, Gramps and RootsMagic — and Kindred generates the entire chart in seconds. It's the fastest way to turn existing research into a finished document.
Either way, your data stays private in your own browser while you work.
From created tree to framed chart
Creating the tree is only half of it; the output is what goes on the wall. From the same data, Kindred renders two styles:
- A fan chart — the elegant radial layout that wraps five or six generations of ancestors around a semicircle. It's the signature look and the one people most often frame.
- A pedigree chart — the classic left-to-right ancestor document, clean and formal.
Pick a theme, set how many generations to show, and the layout solves itself. Building and previewing are free; a one-time $29 export unlock removes the watermark and opens premium themes and large poster sizes (A2 and up).
Create yours now
You don't need an account, a subscription, or any design experience — just the names you already know. Open the free creator, add your family or drop in a GEDCOM, and watch your tree become a chart worth printing.