Family tree poster maker

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Your tree

Start with a family file, then choose who sits at the centre.

Drop a GEDCOM fileor choose one below

Export a .ged file from Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch and others. It stays in your browser: nothing is uploaded.

Style

Pick a design, then make it yours.

Design

Card style (charts)

Look and colours

Size and spacing

People: picture and text

Space between generations

Whole tree within the canvas

Above 100% the tree grows toward the frame and can pass it. The readable-text check on the Download tab follows these.

Leaves and branches

Show leaves and twigs on screen
Turn off if the page feels slow or uses a lot of memory: the screen shows just the branches. Leaves and twigs are still drawn in full for every download.

Leaf density

Leaf size

Twig density

Branch thickness

Root winding

Branch curve

Title and border

Border

Aged finish

How old

Photos

Faces make a family tree feel alive.

Add photosa zip, or several images

You can also drop them straight onto the chart. Files are matched to people by the photo name in your GEDCOM, by person ID (I123.jpg) or by name. Anything left over, you can attach by hand.

To change one person’s photo, click them on the chart and use the Edit tab.

Edit

Click anything on the chart to change it.

Selection

Moving things

Click and drag people to rearrange
Shift-click to select several · Shift-drag the background to box-select · arrow keys nudge (hold Shift for bigger steps). Move a person with everything beyond them
Hold Alt while dragging to move just one card. Snap to grid

Distribute

Organically scatters people along gently wobbling rings and gives a different shape every time. Uniform puts everyone on even rings. Either one overwrites any positions you moved and any branches or roots you bent. Undo brings them back.

Download

Take your poster away as a digital file.

Paper size

Files

Picture (PNG)

The PDF and SVG stay sharp at any size. For the PDF, choose Save as PDF in the print dialog.

Your project

A project file holds your family data, layout, colours and photos, so you can carry on later or on another computer. Your work is also saved automatically in this browser.

Enjoying it?

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Turn your family tree into a poster

Make a beautiful, print-ready family tree from a GEDCOM file in three steps. Free, and nothing leaves your computer.

1Add your family fileDrop a GEDCOM (.ged) here, or choose one on the left. You can export one from Ancestry, MyHeritage and most family tree software.
2Pick a styleA tree with branches and roots, or a classic chart. Choose colours, a title and a border, and add photos if you like.
3Download your posterSave it as a sharp PNG, PDF or SVG, sized from A4 up to A0, ready for any printer.

Where do I get a GEDCOM file?

Look for Export or Download GEDCOM in your family tree site or software. On Ancestry it is under your tree’s settings (Tree settings → Export tree). The full guide has the details.

🔒 Your file stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.