| Male |
| Heterozygotes for autosomal recessive |
| Female |
| Carrier of X-linked recessive |
| Mating |
| Death |
| Parents and Children: 1 boy, 1 girl (in order of birth) |
| Abortion or stillbirth (sex unspecified) |
| Proposita | ||
| Propositus | ||
| Dizygotic Twins |
| Method of identifying persons in a pedigree Here the propositus is Child 2 in Generation II |
| Monozygotic Twins | ||
| Sex unspecified |
| Consanguineous marriage |
| Number of children of sex indicated |
| Divorced |
| Affected individuals |
| Multiple marriages |
| Adopted |
| Extramarital union |
Genetic Symbols
| Chart 1-1 |