Genogram Symbols Modesto Junior College（Genogram符号莫德斯托专科学校）.pdfVIP

Genogram Symbols In a genogram, the male is represented by a square on the left and the female by a circle on the right Standard gender symbols for a genogram In a standard genogram, there are three different type of children: biological/natural child, adopted child and foster child. A triangle is used to represent a pregnancy, miscarriage and abortion. In the case of a miscarriage, a diagonal cross to indicate the death of the fetus is drawn on top of the triangle. The abortion is displayed similar to the miscarriage with an additional horizontal line. A still birth is displayed the same as its gender, however the gender symbol is twice as small while the diagonal cross remains the same size. Genogram symbols for child links and special birth The child links are joined together for multiple births such as twins, triplets, quadruplets etc.Identical twins (or triplets ...) are displayed by an horizontal line between the siblings. In the example below, the mother got two fraternal twin brothers, two identical twin sisters and triplets, which one died at birth. Child links are joined for multiple births such as twins and triplets Family Relationships The next genogram component is the family relationship to describe the union of two individuals. If you are confused, you may replace family relationship by marriage as long as you understand that marriage is a special case of a family relationship. Other family relationships are divorce, separation, cohabitation, engagement, etc This family relationship represents a married couple. There is no special symbol to distinguish a civil marriage and/or a religious marriage. This is the generic symbol to describe a married couple no longer living together. A separation is