Modern family tree template (4 generations)
A clean, modern family chart. Your father's side is shaded blue and your mother's side pink, so it is easy to follow each line back to your great-grandparents at a glance.
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Print it in color
The blue and pink sides are the point of this design, and on a gray-only printer the two can look alike. If you only have black ink, the classic 4-generation chart reads better. For a reunion or a slide, this layout is clear from a distance: viewers can follow either side of the family at a glance, without reading every label.
What is on this template
- Color-coded sides of the family
- 15 boxes with relationship labels
- Rounded boxes and thin connectors
- Great for presentations and reunions
It has room for 15 people: you, your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents.
How to fill it in
- Print at 100% ("Actual size"). A plain-paper draft first saves spoiling the good copy.
- Write your own name first, then your parents, then each earlier generation. Fathers go on the left of each pair and mothers on the right.
- Add the years of birth and death under each name, like 1931–2005.
Prefer typing? Open this template in the family tree maker, type the names and print a clean copy.
For reunions, slides and school presentations
- On a wall: print the PDF at 11 × 17 in or A3 at a copy shop, or tile it over several sheets. The two colors read from across a room, so relatives can find their side of the family at a glance.
- In a slide show: click Fill it in online, type the names and choose Save as image, then insert the picture into PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides.
- In a school report: the color key explains itself: blue for the father's side and pink for the mother's side, which saves a paragraph of explanation.
Colors also help when one side of the family is much better known than the other: empty blue or pink boxes show straight away which line still needs research.
Questions
Can I change the colors?
Not on the printable template. In the family tree maker you can choose another design, such as the classic or botanical style.
Does it print well in black and white?
The two sides become two shades of gray that are hard to tell apart. If you only have black ink, the classic 4-generation family tree reads better.
How many people fit on it?
15: you, your 2 parents, 4 grandparents and 8 great-grandparents.
