My Family Genogram Examples

For my genogram, I have chosen to include a large number of family members for multiple reasons. One of these reasons is that I have found that the birth order of my grandparents, who all have multiple siblings, has had a great impact on my grandparent’s personalities, which in turn has impacted my relationship with them. For example, my step-grandfather, Scott, and my paternal grandmother, Lea, are the older siblings in their families, which has given them a much stricter, militant personality. However my paternal grandfather, Ed, and my maternal grandmother, Vanessa, are middle siblings which has given them a softer personality, which I have been much more receptive to, and therefor have a much stronger relationship with - in fact, I have …show more content…
Other microsystems that have a large impact on my life include my friends, as I find them easier to connect with than my family, my activities relating to theatre, as I attended a high school for the performing arts and majored in drama, and my counsellors. Brofenbrenner identified four categories of systems that impact one’s life: micro, which I have already touched on, meso, exo and macro. My extended family, my schooling, my housing and our family friends would be described as mesosystems, as they are interrelations among the systems of which I participate in. I also have many exosystems which impact my life, as my parents partake in my activities, such as both working, running curling and other clubs, as well as undergoing counseling as well. These activities have shaped them, therefor helping to shape me in return. Finally, there are macrosystems I have included which are factors in my life. These include, for my sister, her strong bond to media, as she does not have many friends and relies mostly on media for ‘interactions’, my mother’s spirituality and my personal values, particularly about feminism. Additionally, our family’s socioeconomic status, as a middle class family, has played a factor in shaping our family as a large part of our familiar connection is due to our yearly vacations, which we would not have been able to take had it not been for our monetary privileges. These vacations are often the only two week or so period of the year where our family seems to get along without a hitch, and I have always looked forward to this time of year. All these systems together have helped to shape me into the person I am