At school, you were asked to make your own family tree, as your project for the first semester. Let's presume that you do not have any idea about a family tree at all.

When we say family tree, it is the representation of relationships with the family members graphically within a period of specific time. It includes the names which are connected by the parental and the marital lines. It's just easy to make your own family tree. Here are the steps.

1. You have to gather enough as well as accurate information of your family. Write the facts that you know. You may contact relatives then ask the other are in other places. You may also find information re in other places. You may also find information about your certain relatives which you cannot find easily. This requires an extensive research.
2. Organize the information gathered in your notes. Determine which of the data you will use first, the second, etc. going to the last.
3. Have a draft first of the family tree. Start it with yourself going to your siblings if you have. Normally, you will put your name on top of your tree. Then you will connect your name to the names of your parents, then connect it to their parents too (your grandparents). Connect also your parents' brothers and sisters if they have. Continue doing this until you are all done and no family member is needed to connect on your draft.
4. Review the family tree. You can show what you made to the family members as well as to your relatives so you can assure that your family tree is correct. If there are necessary corrections, change it before producing your final family tree. Aside from the names, pictures, the birthdays and even just small of the bits of the information of each can be added to make the family tree more informational.
5. To make your own family tree easier, you can search for software that is designed specifically in helping the making of family tress. In the software, you just type the names of your relatives and the software will be the one will do graphical representations that you wish to appear in your family tree.

That's very easy. And for sure you can submit your project at school on time. And lastly you have the chance to get higher grade from your classmates because your graphical design is better than them.