Develop a genogram illustration that addresses the following criteria: Choose a family (for this assignment this can be your own family) Draw three generations of genealogy, legal family, pets, and others who have played an integral role in the family, if applicable. Use only standardized genogram symbols. Show structure of family members: siblings, aunts/uncles, grandparents, remarriages, blended families (step-members and half siblings), divorces, pets, close family friends, and god families. List dates birth/death, dates of marriage, and divorce. Include the race, ethnicity, culture, place of birth, residency, cause of death, mental health, and substance abuse issues. Identify family characteristics, i.e., type of family structure, type of marriage/parental union, length of the relationship, type of family, and authority pattern (who has the power). Identify emotional patterns i.e., close, conflicted, cut off, distant, unknown, passive-aggressive (or fused & conflicted). Identify family or generational values and issues and patterns: occupation, education, hobbies, military duty, work ethic, family business, religion, addiction/recovery, incarceration, homicide, suicide, reunions, parenting style, mental illness, emigration from the country of birth, marriage within or outside the culture, sexuality, cancer, longevity, foster care, adoption, and child abuse. Every generation manifests its values and issues differently. Identify social patterns i.e., neighborhoods, communities, places of worship, places of work and education, social clubs.

This is an interpretive analysis of the comprehensive genogram illustration which highlights trends in family relationships, marital status, family issues, family patterns of mental illness, and substance abuse.

Develop a scholarly paper that addresses the following criteria:

1. in-depth analysis of the information gained in the family genogram.
2. Three issues should be addressed in this narrative:
3. Define what the term "family" means to you and describe how your definition of family influenced the content of the genogram. Include cultural, spiritual and ethnic influences in your response.
4. Describe your family's structure. Include household composition, sibling constellations, unusual family configurations and multiple families, i.e., foster care, adoption, stepfamilies, and god-families. Provide specific examples of open-type, closed-type, or random-type communication and the presence of boundaries, if any.
5. Discuss your reasons for excluding family members that may have been logical to include.
6. Use key terms to interpret the family dynamics and communication and how it impacts the family.
7. Interpret the family's patterns and functioning between and within generations. Provide specific examples to explain the family's relationship with each other i.e., relationship dynamics between generations and intergenerational and family member roles. Use key terms to interpret life events like marriages, divorces, transitions, traumas, family secrets, and critical life changes.