Familienstammbaum (fah-MEE-lee-en-shtahm-bowm) Literally “family trunk tree” From familie (family) + stamm (trunk, lineage, or family line) + baum (tree). A familienstammbaum shows how generations of a family are connected. Family trees became important tools in European genealogy and heraldry centuries ago and remain a familiar way to trace your Wurzeln.
