# Geneaology Tree

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geneaology-tree/192133>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 24, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geneaology-tree/192133 "2010-07-24T15:51:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geneaology-tree/192133/1 "2010-07-24T15:51:22Z")

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Hi Folks,  
I want to develop a Geneaology tree application for my family, but I’m  
just wondering if there is an easy way to represent the tree (branches  
etc…) in html. ? Suggestion for a tool tec…

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**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geneaology-tree/192133/2 "2010-07-24T16:39:26Z")

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Hi Mamadou - I was actually looking into doing something similar last  
year.  
Did some research and I found that the google api’s looked useful and  
easy  
to use - below is one such:

> **[Treemaps  |  Charts  |  Google for Developers](https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/treemap?csw=1)**

2010/7/24 Mamadou Touré [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamadoutoure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mamadoutoure)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/geneaology-tree/192133/3 "2010-07-26T14:17:57Z")

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Mamadou Touré wrote:

> Hi Folks,  
> I want to develop a Geneaology tree application for my family, but I’m  
> just wondering if there is an easy way to represent the tree (branches  
> etc…) in html. ? Suggestion for a tool tec…

Besides the Google tree API (which I’ll have to check out), you might be  
able to get inspiration from something like PhpGedView.

Bonus tip: look into awesome\_nested\_set to represent trees in the DB.

Best,  
–Â  
Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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