A cognatic family tree, also called a matrilineal tree, represents a person's maternal lineage.
It is an ascending lineage that only takes into account women.
Only the husbands (and fathers) of the women of the line appear in the tree as an indication.
The cognatic family trees designed by WFTB start from the de cujus and go back to each generation from the daughter to the mother.
This cognatic ascending family tree is also called the mitochondrial tree when it comes to tracing the current of genes through women, from daughter to mother.
Check out our free cognatic family tree templates to fill out and print.
