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Published: 2020-03-20 01:40:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 6211; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 0
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Description Here’s what I’ve been working on along with all my other work and projects! After all those designs I did, I couldn’t just leave them lying around, so I gathered them all up and made some family trees! I also added all their names so that I wouldn’t have to list them all lololl
So here we’re starting with the House of Finwe! Some of them begin with House while others with Family, and that’s because some of them are called Houses while the others (like the Sindar) aren’t, as far as I know. For example, Turgon’s family is under the House of Fingolfin, and Orodreth’s family is under the House of Finarfin. Meanwhile, Thingol doesn't have a House, but Dior is put under the House of Beor on Tolkien Gateway, so I’m just putting his as a family under Thingol And then Elrond’s is a House, but he’s descended from the House of Hador. 
So for simplicity and your convenience, I’m listing them all here:

House of Finwe
House of Feanor
House of Fingolfin
- Family of Turgon
House of Finarfin
- Family of Orodreth
Family of Thingol
- Family of Dior
- House of Elrond

Instead of using the lines and dots for usual family trees, I decided to go with ovals and circles:
The large vertical ovals that connect two portraits indicate that they’re a couple, and the oval stretches down to their child(ren).
The smaller circle that connects a row to the one below/above indicates that they are parent-and-child, and this is in the case if: I had no knowledge of the spouse, and so there is no portrait to complete the tree; or there was no space to fit the spouse in. (In the case of Elros and Aragorn, this circle is stretched to indicate that they are related in some way, but not direct parent-child, since Aragorn is Elros’ descendant by 60-ish generations.)
The portraits of siblings are either put side-by-side, or connected by a horizontal oval.

Also, for those of you who notice that I didn't spell Serinde as Þerinde, it's because I couldn't find Þ in the Ringbearer font, so I'm leaving it as Serinde But in all honesty, how you spell her name depends on how you see yourself in the world of Tolkien (a Noldorin Elf, a Vanyarin Elf, one of the Edain, etc. because political leanings and language sound-changes are involved.)

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Comments: 8

azerek1994 [2020-03-20 23:57:36 +0000 UTC]

Wondering are Indis' children from left to right oldest to youngest?

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ArlenianChronicles In reply to azerek1994 [2020-03-21 00:24:49 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that's right! Findis is the eldest, and Finarfin is the youngest

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azerek1994 In reply to ArlenianChronicles [2020-03-21 01:25:59 +0000 UTC]

Funny I always thought Fingolfin was their eldest... Feanor was provided with false feeling of safety until Finngolfin was born.

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ArlenianChronicles In reply to azerek1994 [2020-03-21 01:50:13 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, I thought so too before I learned of Findis and Irime! But perhaps Feanor did not feel so threatened by a sister as he would a brother XDD

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azerek1994 In reply to ArlenianChronicles [2020-03-21 13:27:25 +0000 UTC]

A then his brother came and he went crazy.

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ArlenianChronicles In reply to azerek1994 [2020-03-21 16:39:45 +0000 UTC]

Ah of course XDD

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Kacorkiraly [2020-03-20 14:04:03 +0000 UTC]

Heck yes, this whole series portraying the family trees of the Eldar is equal parts beautifully done and insanely practical! I just became aware of so many family ties in the legendarium, and to discover them with the help of your gorgeous art is pure bliss!  

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ArlenianChronicles In reply to Kacorkiraly [2020-03-20 17:42:02 +0000 UTC]

Ah thank you so much!! I'm glad my family trees are helpful! XDD  

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