family members in a generation are represented chronologically from left to right (e.g., the oldest child is farthest to the left), with females as circles, males as squares. After five generations were mapped out, from my grandparents down to my two young grandchildren (the diagram gets crowded!), I filled in more details. Conflict is indicated by a wavy line, divorce by two slashes, and cutoff by a broken line between two people. Time flew by as Anne led me through the complicated emotional landscape of my family.
