How to Make a Beautiful Family Tree
A beautiful family tree is not just a tidy diagram, but living faces, warm stories and thoughtful details that you will enjoy coming back to.
Good portraits
Choose a clear, lively portrait for each person, a warm shot is better than a formal photo. Faces make the tree recognizable and inviting, and family resemblances become visible at a glance.
Short stories
Add not only dates to each person, but one or two vivid details: what they were remembered for, what they loved. A tree made of stories is far warmer than a tree made of names.
Clear generations
In Pomni the tree arranges itself by generation with neat connecting lines. All you need to do is check that the relatives are in their proper places, and it will read easily.
A consistent style
Caption people in a consistent way and use quality scans of old photos. Care with the details makes the genealogy cohesive and a pleasure for the whole family.
- Warm, clear portraits.
- Vivid details, not just dates.
- Neat generations and connections.
- A consistent style of captions.
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Pomni is a digital memory platform: a memorial page with a QR code, family stories, photos, video, voice and a gentle AI copy. Here is what it is and why it matters.