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[Imladrien]

That sounds soooo wonderful, the phantom, that I think I'll follow your example and create my own big, beautiful and detailed family trees! Thank you! (scratching my head wondering why I never thought to do it myself.) --Imladrien

Well, I've actually engineered my own tree so that the entire house of Finwe, Elwe, Olwe, and all three houses of men (the Edain) are all on one single tree. I had to make several rough drafts, trying to figure out where to cross different lines and how long some of them had to be, and where to stick in the different groups, but the end product looks very nice (very easy to follow)!

Every person on the tree has a tiny number next to them, and on the back side of the paper it lists the people in order along with their titles or positions, as well as a couple basic things about them. And let me tell you, I have fallen in love with my creation (I refuse read Tolkien without it now).