Family Tree Photo Collage Canva Template – 24 Layouts, 222 Drag and Drop Photo Frames, 18×24, 16×20 and A4

Twelve photo collage layouts that turn a phone full of family photographs into something worth framing – a tree, a heart, a wreath, three generations, a timeline – plus twelve classic family tree charts for the names and dates. 222 drag-and-drop frames across the collages, from a 10-photo timeline to a 30-photo tree. Three real print sizes, five colorways, editable in free Canva.

Who it is for

Anyone making a gift out of family photographs – Mother’s Day, a reunion, an anniversary, a milestone birthday – and, in the second half of the set, researchers who want dates and places rather than decoration.

Why this set and not a single page

Pick the layout that fits how many photos you have. Every collage is named by its frame count: a 10-photo timeline, a 12-photo tree, a 16-photo heart, a 30-photo tree. You start from the one that matches your shoebox instead of leaving half the frames empty or running out of room.

Drop a photo in and Canva crops it for you. Each circle is a real frame, so the picture snaps in and gets cropped to fit. No masking, no resizing, no working out an aspect ratio – that step is where most people abandon a photo collage halfway through.

Six arrangements, not one shape recolored. A tree on a trunk, photographs hanging from branches, a heart, a wreath around the family name, generations in rows, and a timeline down the years. The same photographs make a very different gift depending on the shape you choose.

And twelve proper charts when you need names, not faces. Three, four and five generations, a pedigree chart that doubles back four columns, and a family group sheet with room for six children and the marriage and burial places. The half of this subject that free template sites do badly.

Your family’s shape, not a fixed one. Most sets give you one tree with room for two children. This one ships separate layouts for two, three and four children, and for three, four and five generations. You start from the one that already fits instead of trying to graft an extra box onto a finished diagram and watching the lines come apart.

Three real print sizes, not one stretched one. 18 x 24 in and 16 x 20 in are the two frame sizes you can actually buy off a shelf, and A4 prints at home for the school project. Each is its own ready-made Canva design at true size, because resizing a design is a paid Canva feature – so a single-size template leaves free users stuck.

Connectors that stay put, and boxes that say what to write. On the charts the lines are plain horizontal and vertical shapes, not diagonals or grouped artwork, so moving a name does not pull the diagram apart. Full name, birth date to death date, place of birth is printed on the layouts that use it – what goes on the second line is the thing buyers ask about most.

What you get

• 24 editable layouts
• 5 named colorways – Sand, Sage, Slate, Blush and Noir
• 145 pages in each size – three separate Canva designs
• A print-friendly set of all 24 layouts – outlines only, cheap to print and fill in by hand
• Three print sizes – 18 x 24 in, 16 x 20 in and A4, each built at true size so nothing is scaled up
• Free Canva fonts only – Montserrat, Lato, Playfair Display
• PDF guide with all three size links, instructions and license
• Commercial use for your own business and your clients

What you can change

• All text and headings
• Font color, style and size
• Backgrounds and color blocks
• Photos and your own logo
• Add, delete or reorder any page

Before you buy

• This is a Canva template, not a Word or Adobe file
• A free Canva account is needed to open it
• Nothing is shipped – the link arrives as an instant download

How it works

1. Buy, and the PDF downloads straight away – no waiting for a designer, no email to wait for.
2. Open the template link inside it and choose Use template.
3. Canva copies the whole set into your account. Edit, export, send.

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