APPENDIX 3B

BASIC GENOGRAM SYMBOLS

ÿ

Male

/ O
Female / 6-19-41 to
ð
Birthdate is
indicated above and left of symbol / 5-25-27
ð
Date of death is indicated above and right of symbol / ð
Age is written inside the symbol
ð O
½ m. 1996 ½
horizontal line indicates marriage; date of marriage is on horizontal line / ð  O
½ LT 1996 ½
dotted horizontal line indicates couple is living together / O O
½M/LT 1996½
lesbian couple / ð ð
½M/LT 1996 ½
gay couple / ð O
½ // ½
d. 1998
two slashes on horizontal line indicate divorce
Children: list in birth order beginning with the oldest on the left
Father Mother O ð
½ ½
½ /\ /\ ¦ ½¦ ½ ½ ½ ½
ð O─O ð O O O Δ x ° Ø
biological identical twins foster adopted pregnancy abortion miscarriage stillbirth child twins child child

SYMBOLS DENOTING INTERACTIONAL

PATTERNS BETWEEN PEOPLE

ð O
close
ð——>ð
focused on / O¼¼O
distant
O┤├─O
cut off / Ovvvvð
hostile
Ovvv►ð
sexual abuse / ð≡≡≡≡ð
fused
ðvvvvv▶O
physical abuse