Basic Family Example

A foundational GENEALOGIX archive demonstrating a two-parent household with two children and basic relationship entries.

Structure

basic-family/
├── .glx-archive/
│   ├── config.glx
│   └── schema-version.glx
├── persons/
│   ├── person-mother.glx
│   ├── person-father.glx
│   ├── person-child-alice.glx
│   └── person-child-bob.glx
├── relationships/
│   ├── rel-marriage.glx
│   ├── rel-parent-alice.glx
│   └── rel-parent-bob.glx
├── sources/
│   └── README.md
├── media/
│   └── README.md
└── README.md

Family Overview

• Mary and Robert Thompson are married.
• They have two children: Alice and Robert Jr.
• Relationships demonstrate marriage and parent-child connections.

Files

persons/person-mother.glx

persons:
  person-mother:
    properties:
      given_name: "Mary"
      family_name: "Thompson"
      gender: female

persons/person-father.glx

persons:
  person-father:
    properties:
      given_name: "Robert"
      family_name: "Thompson"
      gender: male

persons/person-child-alice.glx

persons:
  person-child-alice:
    properties:
      given_name: "Alice"
      family_name: "Thompson"
      gender: female

persons/person-child-bob.glx

persons:
  person-child-bob:
    properties:
      given_name: "Robert"
      family_name: "Thompson"
      gender: male

relationships/rel-marriage.glx

relationships:
  rel-marriage:
    type: marriage
    participants:
      - person: person-mother
        role: spouse
      - person: person-father
        role: spouse

relationships/rel-parent-alice.glx

relationships:
  rel-parent-alice:
    type: parent_child
    participants:
      - person: person-mother
        role: parent
      - person: person-father
        role: parent
      - person: person-child-alice
        role: child

relationships/rel-parent-bob.glx

relationships:
  rel-parent-bob:
    type: parent_child
    participants:
      - person: person-mother
        role: parent
      - person: person-father
        role: parent
      - person: person-child-bob
        role: child

Validation

glx validate
# ✓ All files valid

glx check-schemas
# ✓ schemas valid

What This Demonstrates

• Marriage and parent-child relationship entries
• Multiple persons with cross-referenced relationships
• Config and schema version files
• Layout ready for adding sources, media, and assertions

Next Steps

Add supporting sources (certificates, census records) under sources/ and attach them to relationship or person assertion files.