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For: ⁨Frank Meeks⁩ (⁨1901 – 2026⁩)

Direction

Both (hourglass) Forebears and descendants, centered on the subject.

Ancestors (ascent) The subject’s forebears.

Descendants (descent) The subject’s descendants.

Format

Charts

Interactive (on-screen) Hourglass (on-screen)

Lists

Ahnentafel (numbered ancestors) Ancestor list Descendant list

Sibling ordering

Ahnentafel order By birth date

Pedigree chart options

Descendants Include descendants under the subject

Fan chart options

Sweep i

Wide (270°) Half circle (180°) Full circle (360°)

Coloring i

No coloring By gender By lineage (quarters) By generation (rings)

Tint empty wedges too i

Generations

Counts the subject as 1. Deeper fan charts set outer names smaller; deeper descendant charts spill across more sheets.

⁨Jiapu 系圖⁩ options — 5 generations per page

Content

Chart (系圖) only Prose (行述) only Both

Unknowns and gaps (闕疑)

Authentic — leave blank (no boxes, no 〓) Fill-in boxes (□) for anything missing or uncertain Mark DB-unknowns with 〓; leave the rest blank Mark DB-unknowns with 〓; fill-in boxes (□) for what is missing

Seal (印)

Corner (角) Seam (騎縫)

Binding

Single leaves (no imposition) Booklet — saddle-stitch (fold & nest, bind right) Stab-bound (stack & sew the right edge)

Dates

Omit dates Reign-era span Reign-era + sexagenary year Sexagenary-cycle span Western (Gregorian) span

CE numerals

Han numerals Western numerals

Foot imprint

Seal imprint Hall name

Chart label

Lineage

Traditional (patriline) Modern (all descendants, couples shown)

Show daughters i

Final generation Penned-in 6th generation i

Names Show Latin names too i

GEDCOM scope

Whole tree This person’s ancestors This person’s descendants This person — ancestors & descendants

Whole tree is the full export. A subtree is rooted at the person you came from. “Original” is the authentic backend file, untouched.

Chinese characters

Script i

Normalize to Traditional As recorded (birth-name form)

Appearance

Paper size

Background

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