Descendant Tree Maker: Printable Genealogy Chart Tool (Digital Tool)

Descendant Tree Maker is a practical and easy-to-use tool for creating structured descendant family trees directly in your browser. Unlike traditional ancestor charts, this tool focuses on descendants starting from one target couple (or single target person) and expanding downward through multiple generations. Tool has a possibility to add up to 7 generations of descendants (one being the target couple / person). It allows you to visually document children, grandchildren, and later generations in a clean and balanced genealogy layout ready for printing or sharing.

This Descendant Tree Maker is designed for clarity, flexibility, and ease of editing. You can build large family structures while the tool automatically handles spacing, connectors, alignment, and layout consistency. There is no need to manually draw lines or adjust positioning. The tree updates instantly as information is entered. Each descendant can include partner or spouse information, making it possible to document complex family structures in a readable format. The tool supports different family situations naturally, including unknown parents, unmarried couples, missing details, or uneven family sizes often found in real genealogy research.

All names and year fields are fully editable. The layout structure, connectors, and visual styling remain fixed to ensure the final result stays organized and professional regardless of family size.

To begin, simply open the HTML file in your browser. Enter names and years using the editing panel, and the descendant tree updates immediately on screen. Scroll the preview area when working with larger trees. When your chart is complete, export it as a high-resolution JPEG image suitable for printing. You can save and reload your genealogy work using built-in JSON export and import features. This allows you to continue editing later without losing your family data.

This digital genealogy tool works offline and requires no installation, subscriptions, Excel, or Word. It is compatible with both Windows and Mac computers and runs entirely locally in your browser (such as Edge or Chrome).

The final descendant tree can be printed in landscape format and it is suitable for large professional prints thanks to high-resolution image exports. Larger family trees automatically export at increased resolution to maintain print quality even for wide multi-generation layouts. Printing descendant tree is different from other family tree products because physical dimensions of the image is always depending on number of descendant in the tree! Tree can become extremely wide making it diffucult to read if print size is too small. Printing correct size tree must be always responsibility of the user since final tree size cannot be anticipated by this product. 

This is a practical tool for genealogy research, documenting descendants, preserving family history, creating printable family records, or building meaningful genealogy projects to share with relatives and future generations.

- - - - - - Purchase Includes - - - - - -

One descendant tree maker tool (.html file), six example JSON files for importing example data (.json) and user instructions (.txt file). After purchase you will receive descendant-tree-maker.zip -file. After you unzip that file you will find all above files and you are ready to use the tool.

* descendant-tree-maker.zip - containing below files:

 * descendant-tree-maker-vX.html

 * descendant-tree-2-generations.json

 * descendant-tree-3-generations.json

 * descendant-tree-4-generations.json

 * descendant-tree-5-generations.json

 * descendant-tree-6-generations.json 

 * descendant-tree-7-generations.json

 * instructions.txt

NOTES

• This tool works in modern browsers (Chrome, Edge, Safari)

• This tool support maximum of 7 generations of descendants (one being the target couple / person)

• Print exported JPEG images at home or with any commercial printer (print size will depend on your tree)

• Create and Print as many descendant trees as you need - not for resale

• NO PHYSICAL ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED

SIZING

• Exported JPEG images (by pressing "Export JPEG" in the actual tool) can be printed to any size, remember to evaluate how large print you need to make so that all texts are visible. This is always depending on your tree size and it cannot be anticipated by the tool or us.

Due to the fact that our products are all digital downloads, refunds are not accepted.

This item is for personal use only and cannot be edited, reproduced or distributed.

If you have any issues, don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you so much for visiting my store!