The family tree is the graphic and symbolic representation of the history of an individual's family connections, presenting in an organized way their ascendants and descendants.
This is an important tool in the genealogical process, as it is a way to collect data about the ancestors of the members. who participated in the construction of a person's family, so that the connections between these individuals.
Usually, the family tree is used to prove the ancestry of a certain family, determining its lineage or "pedigree", a more informal way of indicating the nobility of the family.
Through this representation, it is possible to know the family origin and detect the origin of anomalies, health problems and genetic diseases. The family tree serves as the basis for studies of these genetic diseases.
In English, the term is used "family tree" to identify the family tree.
How to build a family tree
To build the family tree, it is necessary to find out where your ancestors came from, which can be done by searching for the origin of the surnames of an individual's father and mother.
Searches are made taking into account aspects such as their names and sometimes dates and places of birth, important documents, records, marriage, photos and death.
Usually, it starts with the name of the oldest ancestor that got data and from this person, you also have information about their descendants until reaching the youngest member of the family or the person of interest.
When the individual who builds the family tree is from his own family, he is called probandus or of whose.
See also the meaning of pedigree.