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Social Relationships

Genograms are not limited to families. GenoPro can be used to indicate social relationships within a group. The user can create trees for businesses, churches, neighborhoods, etc. These will include people who are not related, but who are involved in each other’s lives through other types of relationships.  

Users can also create social links to social entities or organizations, such as schools attended, memberships to clubs and associations.  

The social genogram can then establish where people know each other from.  

Here are some types of social relationships that are currently available on GenoPro.

Lives with A relationship where one person lives in another person’s home without being involved in a union or without being part of immediate family. Use one of the family relationships in the case of cohabitation.
Neighbor   A person who lives within a close distance of the other’s residence.  
Babysitter   A person who keeps watch of the children on occasion.  
Attending   Use with a social entity or an organization. For example, John is attending the University of Ottawa.
Member of Also use with a social entity or organization. For example, Mary is a member of the local Rotary Club.
Manager of Use with social entities. Mostly useful in a corporate hierarchy to identify who is involved in management.
Supervisor of A person involved in administrative duties in a business, government, a school or an operation.
Subordinate of   A person placed in a lower rank or position.
Employee of Use to link an individual to his or her place of work.  
Reporting to Use to identify a person in a direct line of communication within a corporate hierarchy.
Associate with Use to identify business partners.  
Representative of   Use to identify representatives of a social entity or organization.  
Advisor of A person who provides counsel to another.
Director of Use to identify one of a group of persons entrusted with the overall direction of a corporate enterprise.  
Competitor of Businesses involved in the sale of similar goods or services within the same market.
Customer of   A person who purchases a commodity or a service from a provider.  
Investor of Use to identify a person or organization who commits money to a social entity or organization to earn a financial return.  
Funding of Use to identify providers of funds to a project or an organization.
Acquaintance Two individuals who know each other by face or by name, who have previously communicated by phone or email, or have previously met.
Other   User-defined category.


Social relationship example  
A social relationship sample

The example illustrates a social relationship with the social entity Walmart. Mark is a manager of the store while Britney and her close friend   Amy work at the same store.

Social relationship property windows
Social Relationship Properties

Social relationships are identified with a line ending with an arrow. The colour, pattern and line thickness associated with each type of social relationship are user-defined. This allows you to create your own colour-coded scheme.

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