Printable genogram symbols chart

The full symbols key and legend on one A4 page — people, pregnancy and loss, couple lines, children, emotional relationship lines, and medical markers.

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Genogram symbols key: standard McGoldrick notation chart A one-page legend of standard genogram symbols: people, pregnancy and loss, couple relationships, children, emotional relationship lines, and medical markers. From genogramtool.com. Genogram Symbols — Key & Legend Standard notation after McGoldrick, Gerson & Petry, “Genograms: Assessment and Intervention”. PEOPLE Male square Female circle Unknown sex diamond Index person (proband) doubled outline Deceased X through; d. year top-right PREGNANCY & LOSS Pregnancy triangle Miscarriage small filled circle Induced abortion small X Stillbirth small shape with X COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS Marriage solid line; m. YYYY Engagement dashed line; date + context tell it from cohabitation Cohabitation / partnership dashed line; date noted Separation one slash; s. YYYY Divorce two slashes; d. YYYY Affair / brief relationship dotted line CHILDREN Biological child solid drop line Adopted child dashed drop line Foster child dotted drop line Fraternal twins two lines, one point Identical twins joined by a bar EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS Close two parallel lines Very close / fused three parallel lines Distant single dashed line Conflict jagged line Close-hostile parallel + zigzag Cutoff / estrangement line broken by two bars Focused on / over-involved arrow to the person Abuse jagged arrow to victim MEDICAL MARKERS & STRUCTURE Medical / genetic condition fill per your legend Multiple conditions shade quadrants Household boundary dotted enclosure 33b. 1990d. 2024 Dates & age b. left, d. right, age inside genogramtool.com/genogram-symbols — free online genogram maker. Free to embed with attribution. Updated Aug 2026.

Every symbol on this chart is explained in the full genogram symbols guide, and all of them are built into the free genogram maker. You can also download the chart as an SVG file.

Chart by GenogramTool (genogramtool.com) — McGoldrick notation, updated Aug 2026. Free to print and share with attribution.