Nuclear family (minimal template)

Scenario

The simplest genogram that is clinically useful — a married couple with one child. Used as a session intake template and as the starting point when teaching genogram notation to new practitioners.

Annotation key

• -- — standard marriage/union line
• "m. 2002" — marriage year label
• index — marks Alice as the identified patient

How to read

Two parents connected by a union line with a marriage date; their child Alice (marked as the index person) hangs below. Extend this template by adding siblings, grandparents, or emotional relationship lines.