An ahnentafel or ahnenreihe is a genealogical numbering system for listing a person's direct ancestors in a fixed sequence of ascent. The subject of the ahnentafel is listed as No. 1, the subject's fa
The first ahnentafel, published by Michaël Eytzinger in Thesaurus principum hac aetate in Europa viventium Cologne: 1590, pp. 146–147, in which Eytzinger first illustrates his new functional theory of numeration of ancestors; this schema showing Henry III of France as n° 1, de cujus, with his ancestors in five generations. The remainder of the volume shows 34 additional schemas for rulers and princes of Europe using his new method.
Seize quartiers coat of arms display document (1786)
Ahnentafel of Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg
Ahnentafel published as an Ariernachweis
A family tree, also called a genealogical tree or a pedigree chart, is a chart representing family relationships in a conventional tree structure. More detailed family trees, used in medicine and soci
Ahnentafel
…individuals who are listed without additional research. This construct displays a person's genealogy compactly, without the need for a diagram such as a family tree. It is particularly useful in situations where one may be restricted to presenting a genealogy in plain text, for example, in emails or newsgroup…
Three generations of ancestors (born from 1824 to 1916) placed on a Swedish kurbits tree
An ahnentafel family tree, showing three generations of the Kennedy family
Family trees are an age-old phenomenon. This example dates from the sixteenth century.