The Family Tree, Honestly

The Family Tree, Honestly

A family tree that has room for the divorces, the secrets, the children no one talks about, and the truth.

Most family trees are diagrams that lie. They draw a clean line where there were three marriages, leave off the daughter who was given up, list a death year for a relative who is alive and estranged. They make a family look tidier than it ever was. This workbook is for the family historian who would rather draw the truth.

Not gossip — truth. Names alongside the lives they actually lived. So that two generations from now, your descendants find a tree that helps them understand who they came from, instead of a tree that hides it.

What's inside

1. Why honest trees matter — How sanitized family records create future confusion
2. The 5-page tree format — A structure that holds the structure plus the truth
3. How to write the marriages — Multiple partners, common-law, the ones that don't show on paper
4. How to write the children — Adopted, biological, stepchildren, the ones who were raised by an aunt
5. How to write the deaths — Including the ones nobody named at the time
6. How to write the estrangements — Without picking a side
7. How to write the secrets — What gets a sentence, what gets a footnote, what gets sealed
8. The "for descendants only" version — A separate document for the things you don't want this generation to see
9. The keeper's note — A letter explaining your choices to whoever inherits the tree

Who this is for

• You're the family record-keeper, the one with the boxes.
• You've done a genealogy site and felt it doesn't tell the real story.
• You want your descendants to inherit truth, not a tidied-up version.
• You believe naming the hard things gently is a form of honoring them.

What you'll receive

• Full workbook — PDF (fillable) + EPUB — approximately 90 pages
• Bonus: printable tree templates for 3, 4, and 5 generations
• Re-download anytime, yours to keep.

How delivery works

Your download links arrive by email within minutes of purchase.

A note from us

The honest tree is harder to draw and worth more than the tidy one. You don't have to publish everything — but you do get to write it down.

— Solenari Care

Digital download. No physical shipping. All sales final on digital goods after delivery — see our refund policy.