Bowtie Chart

What Is a Bowtie Chart?
Creating a Bowtie Chart

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What Is a Bowtie Chart?
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A bowtie chart begins with a couple in the center and goes backward in time, moving to the left from the source husband, and to the right from the source wife (spreading outward horizontally, so to speak). A bowtie chart resembles two ancestor charts sewn together, or mirroring each other (one left-to-right, and one right-to-left).


Creating a Bowtie Chart

To create a bowtie chart...

  1. Select Charts in the navbar.
  2. Select Bowtie in the list of charts. A panel with options will appear.

Typically, the bowtie chart will include...

The chart example above includes a source couple in the center, 2 children (in a row at the bottom), and 2 ancestor generations (the parents and grandparents of each member of the source couple).

You can see in the Charts > Bowtie window that the relationship term "Grandparents" appears next to the Ancestor Generations box, to help explain who'll be included in the bowtie chart.

The numbering of generations for bowtie charts is a bit different than other charts. In the example above, the bowtie chart will have children, a source couple, and 2 ancestor generations. In a pedigree chart, this would be described as "4 generations." But in a bowtie chart the key is to think of the number of ancestor generations as "ancestors of the source couple."

Layout

A layout is a collection of settings that determine the content and "look" of a chart. To create or customize the layout for a bowtie chart...

  1. Select Charts > Bowtie.
  2. Click the Layout button and choose Define Layouts.

Most of the layout settings for bowtie charts are common to other charts and reports. Follow these links for more information...

By default, the default layout for bowtie charts will not include places. This will help control the size of the bowtie charts. Of course, you may include places in the layout's Event format settings. If included, places will, by default, be put on a separate line. These defaults have been chosen to help keep the width of a bowtie chart from exploding.

The Create Chart Button

When clicking the Create Chart button in the Charts > Bowtie panel, Reunion will build and open a new chart in a new window. To learn about editing the chart, click here.

Note: bowtie charts have some unique editing features, which are described here.