The {{family tree chart}} template presents family trees, either horizontally or vertically, either in line format or boxed name format.
A single compound family may consist of one person, with up to three bonding relationships, including a primary bonded partner, who can have up to two other bonded relationships. The single person or any of their bonded relationships, and any of the primary bonded partner's relationships, can each have up to 10 childen. The maximum compound family can therefore consist of 6 parents and 50 children.
A family tree is constructed by substituting single family members with their family, for example, replacing a parent with their family with them as a child.
Characteristics such as person to person relationship type, person to family relationship type, and dates can also be provided. Different characteristics automatically present with different graphical styles.
There is no restriction on the width or depth of a family tree chart (other than that defined by the Wiki software processing the template instantiation).
The family tree chart may be floated to the left or right, or centered.
It may optionally have a border placed around it.
Style attibutes may be set, for example the font style or colour or background colour.
There are also two major variations to the layout. The layout may be in a line format or names may be boxed. The chart may be laid out horizontally or vertically.
A lineage in each family may be highlighted.
Some examples using different combinations of presentation options, and types of family structures are shown below.
A childless family is:
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A sole parent family is:
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The general presentation for a family is:
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Characteristics such as:
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| Legend
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| Child relationships (relfam/relfamdt) |
Person events
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Biological |
b. |
date born |
b. |
date born |
dob
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Adopted |
a. |
date adopted |
d. |
date deceased |
dod
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Fostered |
f. |
date fostered
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| Spouse relationships (rel/reldt) |
Relationship events (relstat/relstatdt)
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Married |
m. |
date married |
d. |
date divorced
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De facto |
df. |
date de facto commenced |
s. |
date separated
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Casual |
c. |
date causual commenced |
c. |
date ceased
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can be placed into the presentation, for example:
| a.4/3/1943
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spouseB of parent1
b.3/3/1943
d.5/6/1987
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c.7/8/1970
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| b.8/9/1971
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child1 of parents 1 B
d.7/8/1972
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| b.9/10/1972
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child2 of parents 1 B
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| b.10/10/1972
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up to 10 children of 1 B
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| b.6/6/1946
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spouseA of parent1
d.11/11/1973
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m.6/8/1970
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| a.
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child1 of parents 1 A
b.1/1/1964
d.1/1/1994
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| a.7/9/1970
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child2 of parents 1 A
b.2/2/1964
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| f.8/10/1971
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up to 10 children of 1 A
b.3/3/1964
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| b.3/4/1967
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child1 of parents 1 2
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| b.2/3/1946
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parent2
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m.1/4/1966
d.5/7/1969
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| b.4/5/1968
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child2 of parents 1 2
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| b.5/6/1969
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up to 10 children of 1 2
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| b.4/4/1944
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spouseA of parent2
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df.1/4/1970
s.6/8/1973
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| b.2/5/1971
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child1 of parents 2 A
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| b.3/6/1972
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child2 of parents 2 A
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| b.4/7/1973
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up to 10 children of 2 A
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| b.5/5/1945
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spouseB of parent2
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c.7/8/1974
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| b.9/10/1975
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child1 of parents 2 B
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| b.10/11/1976
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child2 of parents 2 B
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| b.11/12/1977
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up to 10 children of 2 B
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| a.4/3/1943
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spouseB of parent1
b.3/3/1943
d.5/6/1987
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c.7/8/1970
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| b.8/9/1971
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child1 of parents 1 B
d.7/8/1972
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df.
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| b.9/10/1972
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child2 of parents 1 B
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| b.10/10/1972
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up to 10 children of 1 B
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| b.6/6/1946
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spouseA of parent1
d.11/11/1973
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m.6/8/1970
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| a.
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child1 of parents 1 A
b.1/1/1964
d.1/1/1994
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| a.7/9/1970
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child2 of parents 1 A
b.2/2/1964
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| f.8/10/1971
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up to 10 children of 1 A
b.3/3/1964
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df.1/4/1991
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| b.3/4/1967
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child1 of parents 1 2
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| b.2/3/1946
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parent2
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m.1/4/1966
d.5/7/1969
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| b.4/5/1968
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child2 of parents 1 2
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| b.5/6/1969
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up to 10 children of 1 2
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| b.4/4/1944
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spouseA of parent2
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df.1/4/1970
s.6/8/1973
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| b.2/5/1971
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child1 of parents 2 A
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| b.3/6/1972
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child2 of parents 2 A
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| b.4/7/1973
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up to 10 children of 2 A
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| b.5/5/1945
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spouseB of parent2
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c.7/8/1974
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| b.9/10/1975
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child1 of parents 2 B
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| b.10/11/1976
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child2 of parents 2 B
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| b.11/12/1977
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up to 10 children of 2 B
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| Legend
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| Child relationships |
Person events
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Biological |
b. |
date born |
b. |
date born |
dob
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Adopted |
a. |
date adopted |
d. |
date deceased |
dod
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Fostered |
f. |
date fostered
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| Spouse relationships |
Relationship events
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Married |
m. |
date married |
d. |
date divorced
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De facto |
df. |
date de facto commenced |
s. |
date separated
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Casual |
c. |
date causual commenced |
c. |
date ceased
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| Lineage is from parent to child.
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Bondings between relations
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Because the template only allows single paths between any person, people who are a related cannot be non redundantly placed into both their familial relationship and their bonded relationship. Cousins who marry cannot be minimally represented.
To work around this problem make two separate person instances where required and after each name parameter use {{family tree chart/dopple}}, for example:
|par2 = Cousin Cousin
and elswhere:
|par1 = Cousin Cousin
The template is a colour/color friendly template. All parmeter names and parameter values accept either spelling, except the style parameter.
{{User:Pee Tern/Sandbox/Template/Family tree chart
|par1 =
|par1dob =
|par1dod =
|par1relfam =
|par1relfamdt =
|par1fam =
|par2 =
|par2dob =
|par2dod =
|par2rel =
|par2reldt =
|par2relstat =
|par2relstatdt =
|par2relfam =
|par2relfamdt =
|par2fam =
|kid12_1 =
|kid12_1dob =
|kid12_1dod =
|kid12_1relfam =
|kid12_1relfamdt =
|kid12_1rel =
|kid12_1reldt =
|kid12_1relstat =
|kid12_1relstatdt =
|kid12_1fam =
(...up to _10...)
(similarly replacing par2 with par1A, par1B, par2A, par2B, and kid12 with kid1A, kid1B, kid2A, kid2B)
|lineagepar =
|lineagekid =
|lineagecolour =
|boxed =
|border =
|float =
|direction =
|style =
}}
| Parameter Name
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Required
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Description
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Values
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| Person parameters
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| par1 |
yes |
Name of a parent in the family. There must be at least one parent. |
Optionally linked text.
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| par2, parNX |
no |
Name of further parents in the family. par1X are other bonded relationships with par1. par2X are other bonded relationships with par2. There can be two further partners for each of par1 and par2, X can be A and B. Up to a total of 6 parents can be specified for the one compound family, 1, 2, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B. |
Optionally linked text.
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| kidNX_n |
no |
Name of a child of parent N and parent NX. Up to 10 children can be specified for each parent couple, 1B, 1A, 12, 2A, 2B, that is n can be from 1 to 10, for example kid12_1 (Child 1 of parent 1 and parent 2) or kid2A_3(child 3 of parent 2 and parent 2A. |
Optionally linked text.
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| ...dob |
no |
Date of birth for the person |
Date format text.
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| ...dod |
no |
Date of death for the person |
Date format text.
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| ...relfam |
no |
The relationship of the person to their family. Defaults to born if dob is provided. This parameter only applies to parents when tree building. |
Text, one of == born, adopted, fostered.
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| ...relfamdt |
no |
Commencement date of the relationship to the person's family. This parameter only applies to parents when tree building. |
Date format text.
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| ...rel |
no |
Relationship between parents. This parameter only applies to children when tree building. |
Text, one of == married, de facto, casual.
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| ...reldt |
no |
Commencement date of the relationship between parents. This parameter only applies to children when tree building. |
Date format text.
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| ...relstatus |
no |
Status of the relationship between parents. This parameter only applies to children when tree building. |
Text, one of == divorced, separated, ceased.
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| ...relstatusdt |
no |
Date of relationship status between parents. This parameter only applies to children when tree building. |
Date format text.
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| lineagepar |
no |
The parameter name of the parent which is part of a lineage. Causes the relevant parent name to be bolded, and box if boxed, and relationship lines all to be coloured as per lineagecolour. There is no default lineage, nor is one required. |
A parent parameter name.
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| lineagekid |
no |
The parameter name of the child which is part of a lineage. Causes the relevant child name to be bolded, and box if boxed, and relationship lines all to be coloured as per lineagecolour. There is no default lineage, nor is one required. |
A kid parameter name.
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| lineagecolour |
no |
The colour to show the lineage in. The default is 'blue'. |
Any valid colour name or encoding.
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| lineagetext |
no |
Displays a legend entry below the family tree chart with the colour annotated by the text.
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| Tree building parameters
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| parNXfam |
no |
Set to a family chart to build a family tree. This causes the parent parNX to be replaced by the family chart for the parent parNX. |
A {{family tree chart}} instantiation, with a child's parameters set to the replaced parent, parNX,'s parameter values.
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| kidNX_nfam |
no |
Set to a family chart to build a family tree. This causes the child kidNX_n to be replaced by the family chart for the child kidNX_n. |
A {{family tree chart}} instantiation, with a parent's parameters set to the replaced child, kidNX_n,'s parameter values.
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| Style and layout parameters
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| boxed |
no |
Set to 'yes' to place a box around each person's name. Defaults to 'no'. All other values equate to 'no'. |
Text == yes.
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| border |
no |
Set to 'yes' to place a border around the family tree chart. Defaults to 'no'. All other values equate to 'no'. |
Text == yes.
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| dir, direction |
no |
Set to 'vertical' to present the family tree chart vertically. Defaults to 'horizontal'. All values not equivalent to vertical equate to 'horizontal'. |
Text == vertical.
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| legend |
no |
Set to 'yes' to place a legend under the family tree chart showing the meaning of the relationship lines and abbreviations. Set to 'hide' to provide a collapsed legend. All other values equate to 'no'. |
Text, one of == yes, hide.
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| style |
no |
Set to any CSS value string. For example, allows families within a family tree chart to be colour highlighted. |
CCS format text elements, separated by semicolons, but do not enclose in double quotes.
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| float |
no |
Float the family tree chart either left or right. Default is no float. If set to center the family tree chart is centered. |
Text, one of == right, left, center.
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Start by constructing separate family tree charts for each family, for example:
Using the youngest family's tree chart as a base, for each ancestor add their family tree chart to the relevant ancestor data using the relevant fam parameter and copy the ancestor's data to the child data in their own family, that is:
|par2 = Parent2
|par2rel = married
|par2reldt = 23/4/1959
becomes:
|par2 = Parent 2
|par2dob = 4/5/1937
|par2rel = married
|par2reldt = 23/4/1959
|par2fam =
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Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg
d.1516
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Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
d.1523
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Botho VIII of Stolberg-Wernigerode
d.1538
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Anna of Epstein-Königstein
d.1538
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Louis de Bourbon-Vendome
d.1520
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| b.1513
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Louis de Bourbon-Montpensier
d.1582
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m.
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Louise de Bourbon-Montpensier
d.1561
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| b.before 1524
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Jacqueline de Longwy-Bar
d.1561
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Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg
d.1516
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Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
d.1523
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Botho VIII of Stolberg-Wernigerode
d.1538
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Anna of Epstein-Königstein
d.1538
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Louis de Bourbon-Vendome
d.1520
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Louis de Bourbon-Montpensier
d.1582
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m.
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Louise de Bourbon-Montpensier
d.1561
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Jacqueline de Longwy-Bar
d.1561
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Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg
d.1516
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Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
d.1523
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Botho VIII of Stolberg-Wernigerode
d.1538
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Anna of Epstein-Königstein
d.1538
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Louis de Bourbon-Vendome
d.1520
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Louis de Bourbon-Montpensier
d.1582
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m.
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Louise de Bourbon-Montpensier
d.1561
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| b.before 1524
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Jacqueline de Longwy-Bar
d.1561
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| b.1936
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Lolo Soetoro
d.1987
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| b.1918
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Stanley Dunham
d.1982
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| b.1942
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Ann Dunham
d.1995
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m.
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Madelyn Payne
d.2/11/2008
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| b.1936
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Barack Obama Sr.
d.1982
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m.
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Onyango Obama
d.1979
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Yusuf Obama
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Ruth Nidesand
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David Nidesandjo
d.circa 1987
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Fraser Robinson III
d.1991
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| b.1964
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Michelle Robinson
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m.3/8/1992
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Natasha (Sasha) Obama
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b.1936
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Lolo Soetoro
d.1987
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b.1918
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Stanley Dunham
d.1982
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b.1922
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Madelyn Payne
d.2/11/2008
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b.1942
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Ann Dunham
d.1995
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m.
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b.1895
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Onyango Obama
d.1979
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b.1936
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Barack Obama Sr.
d.1982
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m.
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b.circa 1950s
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| Yusuf Obama
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b.circa 1940s
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| Ruth Nidesand
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David Nidesandjo
d.circa 1987
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b.1935
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Fraser Robinson III
d.1991
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b.1964
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| Michelle Robinson
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m.3/8/1992
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b.2001
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| Natasha (Sasha) Obama
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Mixing boxed and not boxed, and with a lineage
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