I didn’t know that the connectors automatically draw lines from box to box! For years, I’d been seeking software that could do this. The line-connecting behavior is a bit weird and unpredictable, but it’s still fun!
My family tree (bush, thicket) is the ongoing effort of my uncle, started roughly 30 years ago. There are nearly 130,000 individuals in it.
We are migrating his data from The Master Genealogist (TMG) to Geneweb. That is quite a long story 8)
You might like to look into Webtrees.
Check out Dia.
It’s excellent. Auto layout. Connector types. Etc etc.
It’s great until you realize that it doesn’t have some specific types of connectors you need or a way to control connectors path (you can’t have connectors that go around other boxes).
I’ve really been enjoyingMinder
It’s a mind mapping app, but should work great for a family tree
Darn, it’s not on Windows nor Android. This sure looks beautiful, though, but the problem with family trees is that they need to be able to connect external boxes with their lines that are disconnected from the starting core, which is why mind maps generally don’t work for them. Still, thanks for sharing!
