Family Historian User Group

Where a family had lots of children in each generation, and you want to see your descendant's siblings but not have them stretch across the screen or page, in handwritten versions of a family tree you can get around this by putting the siblings in a list.  

It would be great if the Chart could also be condensed down this way as needed.

For Family Tree Chart add an option that allows you to have the leaf nodes in the chart displayed as lists rather than as the standard boxes (this could be at chart level or for each node).  

A leaf node is a person at the bottom of the family tree with no further descendents (or whose descendents are not being shown).  eg. children with no descendents are shown as a list under their parents, or where you have chosen not to display their children by using the + / - option on that person's descendents.


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There is a Forum thread How to display multiple children neatly that offers solutions to this request.
See How to display multiple children neatly (9415)

I have just created a Download for a Text Scheme called Condensed Siblings List that offers a possible solution.
See fhugdownloads:contents:condensed_siblings|> Diagram Text Scheme ~ Condensed Siblings

It could be easily adapted, such that the Sibling Lists are hidden by default, and only shown when say a 'Leaf' Flag is set on particular individuals.