Usage

Options that can be changed within the code:

Folder - where the program is located.

Startyear - year to begin your dynasty from. ie 1066

Endyear - year to end your dynasty. ie 2022

Persons - number of persons in the original generation

Within the folder create txt files:

• FemaleNames.txt
• MaleNames.txt
• LastNames.txt

They are simple list with each line containing one name. For the files FemaleNames.txt and MaleNames.txt popularity of a name depends on its position within the list: the earlier names are more popular than the later names.

After the program is run, it generates a family tree for a royal dynasty like this: o Edward Campbell (1053-1102) #4

├o HENRY I Campbell (1081-1149) <1134-1149> #111

└o Edmund Campbell (1085-1135) #124

├o HENRY II Campbell (1111-1173) <1149-1173> #228

└o EDWARD I Campbell (1114-1176) <1173-1176> #243

The last number in each line is the personal id. Using the p(id) function you get more information about any person. E.g. if you enter 'p(243)' while being in python shell mode, it will tell you:

EDWARD I Campbell - name

m (1114-1176) <1173-1176> - sex, life, and reign

Father: [124], Mother: [109] - parents' IDs

Spouse(s): [274] - spouses' IDs

Child(ren): [437, 462, 483, 492] - chilren's IDs

<cce> - dynasty code

The dynasty code shows the position of the person within the dynasty. E.g. means 'fifth child of the third child of the third person from the original generation'.

Notes:

Hellerick said this was written in Python2 and that it would need changing for Python3.

It works fine in Python 3.3 for me.