About myGenogram

myGenogram exists because family patterns are complicated, and most of the resources for understanding them sit behind clinical paywalls or academic textbooks. We made this site so students, therapists, social workers, and anyone curious about their own family can learn how genograms work for free.

Why we built it

We're the team behind FamRoots, a platform for working through family history with clinical tools. While building FamRoots, we kept running into the same problem: clear, accurate, free explanations of genograms are hard to find. The good information sits in textbooks or behind professional certifications.

So we wrote our own. Everything on myGenogram is free, follows McGoldrick's notation, and comes from clinical practice in trauma and family therapy. No paywalls, no accounts.

Who we are

Monika Wirżajtys

Psychologist · Trauma Psychotherapist · Somatic Experiencing® Supervisor

Monika co-founded FamRoots and writes the clinical content on myGenogram. She treats children, adults, and families using somatic and transgenerational approaches. She also writes therapeutic tales for children working through difficult family experiences.

Piotr Zalewa

Software Engineer · AI Specialist

Piotr built FamRoots and myGenogram. He has twenty years of experience building secure systems. The data people share with us is their family, so privacy is not optional here.

How we approach this work

The clinical work at FamRoots and the educational content here draw from modern trauma psychology: Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing), Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score), Deb Dana (Polyvagal Theory in clinical practice), and Mark Wolynn (It Didn't Start With You), whose work connects genograms directly to inherited family patterns.

Family history shows up in the body, in how you relate to people, in stories you carry without knowing their origin. A genogram makes those patterns visible on paper. That is the starting point for changing them.

What you'll find here

• Guides to genogram symbols, McGoldrick notation, and how to draw your first genogram
• Examples for medical history, three-generation patterns, and addiction
• Free downloadable templates and cheat sheets
• Comparisons to family trees and ecomaps so you can pick the right tool

Where to go next

When you're ready to build a genogram digitally, head to FamRoots. You pay per genogram, no subscription, so it works whether you need it once or regularly.