A family tree gift for grandparents, with everyone on it

A family tree print with green oak leaves and Margaret and George at the roots, framed on a wall

Grandparents are the one place a family tree starts naturally: the two of them at the roots, their children on the branches, and the grandchildren gathered beneath. Our family tree print is laid out from the names you type, so you see the real sheet with your family on it before you order anything.

A family tree print for grandparents: the quick answer

What is it?

A personalised print of the family drawn as a tree. Your grandparents' two names sit at the roots, and their children, partners and grandchildren fill the branches. You build it yourself on the family tree print page, and the layout adjusts as you add each name.

What details do I give?

Names, and who belongs to whom. Each branch has room for a name, a partner and their children, plus an optional short line you write yourself.

Who is it for?

Grandparents are the natural fit, since the tree starts with the two of them. It works for small families and large ones, and the family chart style has room for great-grandchildren too.

What sizes and frames can I choose?

Three sizes: 30x45 cm (12x18″), 40x60 cm (16x24″) and 60x90 cm (24x36″). Each comes as an unframed poster or in a white, black or wood frame. The paper is an uncoated matte stock. Framed prints are glazed with plexiglass and arrive ready to hang, and unframed prints are posted rolled in a tube.

How does ordering and proofing work?

You see the finished design before you order. The faint preview marks appear only on screen, not on the print. After ordering you have two hours to make changes from the link in your order email, and then it goes to print. If it arrives damaged or misprinted, send a photo and it is reprinted free.

How big a family fits

Two names go at the roots. Above them there is room for up to eight branches, each with a partner and up to eight children. That comfortably holds about thirty names, and the lettering is sized for the whole family, so a large family is not squeezed into a corner. If it looks tight on screen it will look tight on the wall: switch to the family chart style, which sets the generations in rows and has the most room.

Families as they actually are

There is no fixed Mum-and-Dad slot. A branch takes a name, a partner and their children, and an optional line of your own, so you can write "bonus mum", a second nana, or a pair of years for someone who has died. Nobody has to be left off to make the picture tidy.

Four ways to draw it

  • A painted oak with a leafy crown, for a traditional living-room print.
  • A fine line drawing, where the names do most of the work.
  • Blossom, in the accent colours you choose.
  • No tree at all: the family chart, best for big families and great-grandchildren.

Collecting the names without giving the game away

The hard part is usually the spelling of a cousin's middle name or which year someone married. Our guide to collecting family dates quietly has ways to ask without spoiling the surprise. Keep your design link afterwards: when another grandchild arrives you can open it, add the name and order a new copy without starting again.

Other prints grandparents tend to like

Expecting a first grandchild? See a baby's first Christmas gift, and, for the new grandparents themselves, first Christmas as grandparents gifts. Grandparents reaching fifty years married? See golden wedding anniversary gifts.

Every print is made to order in the UK once you approve the artwork. Each product page shows the current delivery estimate, which is worth checking before you plan to hand it over at Christmas.

Start the family tree, or browse all family prints.