I'm currently working on a small genealogy experiment and would like to implement a simple family tree like in the picture below.
The best search results so far for this only yielded examples where a child can only have a parent node. But what I need is the ability to create links between entities (from father to mother) and links between nodes and other links (from child to the father-mother link). Currently I don't have a fixed data schema for this.
I've chosen d3.js for this because it looks like would be capable of doing the job. I just don't know how or even where to start. Tutorials about d3.js only cover standard charts like bar charts.
I hope someone can help me with this.
My approach is as under:
Lets take the example you have illustrated in the attached figure:
Jenny Of Oldstones is also a the child of Aegon V but the difference between this child and other children of Aegon V is that in this case I am not drawing the link between it.
This is done by setting the node as no_parent: true in the node JSON example:
//Here Q will not have a parent
{
name: "Q",
id: 16,
no_parent: true
}
In the code check the _elbow
function_ this does the job of not drawing the line between it and its parent:
if (d.target.no_parent) {
return "M0,0L0,0";
}
Next scenario is the link going between Node Aerys II and Rahella this node has its set of children.
hidden: true,
display:none
for such node. It appears that the children are coming from the line between node Aerys II and RahellaJSON Example:
//this node will not be displayed
{ name: "",
id: 2,
no_parent: true,
hidden: true,
children: [....]
}
In the code check the place where I make the rectangles, the code below hides the node:
.attr("display", function (d) {
if (d.hidden) {
return "none"
} else {
return ""
};
})
Full code is in here: http://jsfiddle.net/cyril123/0vbtvoon/22/
In the example above, I have made the use of node names A/B/C... but you can change it as per you requirements. You will need to center the text.
I have added comments to the code to help you understand the flow. Just in case you are not clear on any point please comment I ll be happy to clarify.