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This program creates family tree graphs from simple text files.

The input file format is very simple, you describe persons of your family lineby line, children just have to follow parents in the file. Persons can berepeated as long as they keep the same name or id. An example is given in thefileLouisXIVfamily.txt.

Simply clone the repo.

This script outputs a graph descriptor in DOT format. To make the imagecontaining the graph, you will need a graph drawer such as [GraphViz]1.

The sample family descriptorLouisXIVfamily.txt is here to show you theusage. Simply run:

$ ./familytreemaker.py -a 'Louis XIV' LouisXIVfamily.txt | dot -Tpng -o LouisXIVfamily.png

It will generate the tree from the infos inLouisXIVfamily.txt, starting fromLouis XIV and saving the image inLouisXIVfamily.png.

You can see the result: