CTAN update: genealogytree
Date: May 7, 2026 4:55:11 PM CEST
Thomas F. Sturm submitted an update to the
genealogytree
package.
Version: 2.4.0 2026-05-06
License: lppl1.3
Summary description: Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams
Announcement text:
### Added - `\gtrifnativitydefined` - `\gtrifwedlockdefined` - `\gtrifdeceasedefined` - `/gtr/database/id` as alias for `/gtr/id` - Template `template=medical` with additional options `carrier`, `affected`, and `deceased` ### Changed - Usage of expl3 scratch variables like `\l_tmpa_tl` replaced by package variables like `\l__getree_tmpa_tl` - Some code optimizations - The `floruit` event is now displayed if birth/baptism or death/burial data are missing. Previously, it was displayed only if all of these were missing (issue #43). - Tutorial example 'Conversion during Externalization' adapted to current tcolorbox - Documentation example for `/gtr/edge/custom` made more fail-safe (issue #49) - Documentation typos (issue #52) - Documentation typo in 1.4 Installation corrected - Documentation listings encoding handling changed - `CHANGES.md` renamed to `CHANGELOG.md` following https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/ - Bibliography updated ### Removed - Obsolete packages `expl3`, `xparse`, `xfp` ### Fixed - Italian translation corrected by Andrea Vaccari - Library `fanchart`: code with errors reported by explcheck was replaced (no functional but stylistic errors) - Code style improved with explcheck - Documentation for `floruit-` corrected (wrong argument)
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/genealogytree More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/genealogytree
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
### Added - `\gtrifnativitydefined` - `\gtrifwedlockdefined` - `\gtrifdeceasedefined` - `/gtr/database/id` as alias for `/gtr/id` - Template `template=medical` with additional options `carrier`, `affected`, and `deceased` ### Changed - Usage of expl3 scratch variables like `\l_tmpa_tl` replaced by package variables like `\l__getree_tmpa_tl` - Some code optimizations - The `floruit` event is now displayed if birth/baptism or death/burial data are missing. Previously, it was displayed only if all of these were missing (issue #43). - Tutorial example 'Conversion during Externalization' adapted to current tcolorbox - Documentation example for `/gtr/edge/custom` made more fail-safe (issue #49) - Documentation typos (issue #52) - Documentation typo in 1.4 Installation corrected - Documentation listings encoding handling changed - `CHANGES.md` renamed to `CHANGELOG.md` following https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/ - Bibliography updated ### Removed - Obsolete packages `expl3`, `xparse`, `xfp` ### Fixed - Italian translation corrected by Andrea Vaccari - Library `fanchart`: code with errors reported by explcheck was replaced (no functional but stylistic errors) - Code style improved with explcheck - Documentation for `floruit-` corrected (wrong argument)
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/genealogytree More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/genealogytree
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
genealogytree – Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams
Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams are proven tools to
visualize genetic and relational connections between
individuals. The naming (tree
) derives from historical family
diagrams. However, even the smallest family entity consisting of
two parents and several children is hardly a mathematical
tree —
it is a more general graph.
The package provides a set of tools to typeset genealogical trees (i.e., to typeset a set of special graphs for the description of family-like structures). The package uses an autolayout algorithm which can be customized, e.g., to prioritize certain paths.
| Package | genealogytree |
| Version | 2.4.1 2026-06-16 |
| Copyright | 2013–2026 Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas F. Sturm |
| Maintainer | Thomas F. Sturm |