Vanshavali Maker in Hindi

By the MuftTools.in teamUpdated October 2026How we check

A written family line, the way elders keep it

Long before photo charts, families kept their वंशावली as a written list: the name of the eldest known ancestor, then his sons and daughters one below the other, then their children, each generation a little further in. Family priests at pilgrimage towns still keep such records, and many households have one copied into a diary or the back of an old register. It is the quickest way to answer questions like "whose grandson is he?" at a wedding or a family puja.

This page sets the family tree maker up for exactly that: Hindi names, Hindi relation words, and the vanshavali list layout. You can switch to a tree chart at any time with one tap.

Making the vanshavali

1. Start from the eldest. Tap "Vanshavali from the eldest" and write the oldest ancestor whose name the family remembers, with his birth year or years if known. Tick "Late (स्वर्गीय)" for those who have passed away; the list writes स्व. before their Hindi names.
2. Add his wife. Choose Husband / wife and write her name. In the list she appears on the same line after पत्नी.
3. Add the next generation. Add each son and daughter with Son or Daughter. Birth years keep them in order of age.
4. Keep going down. For every son or daughter, add the husband or wife and then their children. Use "+ Relative" next to any name in the list of family members to add to that branch.
5. Add notes. The short note is a good place for the village, गोत्र, profession or the town a branch moved to.
6. Download. The PDF uses as many pages as the list needs. Print one for each household.

Reading the list

Each line starts with a small circle, blue for men and pink for women. A line joins every person to the parent above, so you can follow any branch back to the ancestor. The person born into the family is written first in bold, followed by पत्नी or पति and the spouse's name. Years and notes sit in brackets after each name.

When a woman of the family has her parents added as well, for example a mother's side added for the children, that family appears as a separate block below a dotted line. This keeps the main line clean while still recording the other family.

Keeping it up to date

A vanshavali is never finished: children are born, marriages bring new names. Tap "Save family file" after each change. The file holds everything, including photos if you added any, and opens again on any phone or computer with "Open family file". Send it to a cousin and they can add their own branch.

A family record, not a certificate

This list is for the family. Revenue and panchayat offices issue their own family registers and genealogy certificates for legal and land matters, under each state's rules, and only those count as official. A neat list made here can still help you collect the names and years correctly before you apply.

More family tree pages

• Family tree project for school

Need more options? Open the full Family Tree Maker (Vanshavali).