How to Read a Pedigree

[justcross]

Hi, everyone! Can anybody tell me how to read my Bruno's pedigree? I have no idea how to tell who his parents or grandparents are. There are so many names! What are the names that are marked Sire and Dam? And what about the names in the middle and on the right? I'm getting desperate, please help!!!!

Thanks to all,

Lynne

[Donna1969]

Originally Posted by justcross

Hi, everyone! Can anybody tell me how to read my Bruno's pedigree? I have no idea how to tell who his parents or grandparents are. There are so many names! What are the names that are marked Sire and Dam? And what about the names in the middle and on the right? I'm getting desperate, please help!!!!

Thanks to all,

Lynne

Sire is the name for the male/father and dam is the name for the female/mother
His sire and dam are his mother (dam) and father (sire) and they should be to the right of his name..there should be 4 names by both the mom and dads names..those would be Bruno's grandparents (his parents parents)..to the right of the grandparents are their parents names and so on

[JulieM]

Pedigrees are basically horizontal family trees, read from left to right. The farthest left name (if there is one), all by itself, is the dog. The next names right are the dog's parents - sire (father) on the top, dam (mother) on the bottom. From there, the next names on the top right are the sire's sire and dam (paternal grandparents), the next names on the bottom right are the dam's sire and dam (maternal grandparents). Like this:

------------------------------Paternal/Paternal Great-Grandsire
--------------------Paternal Grandsire
------------------------------Paternal/Paternal Great-Granddam
----------Sire
------------------------------Paternal/Maternal Great-Grandsire
--------------------Paternal Granddam
------------------------------Paternal/Maternal Great-Granddam
Dog
------------------------------Maternal/Paternal Great-Grandsire
--------------------Maternal Grandsire
------------------------------Maternal/Paternal Great-Granddam
----------Dam
------------------------------Maternal/Maternal Great-Grandsire
--------------------Maternal Granddam
------------------------------Maternal/Maternal Great-Granddam

The AKC has a page on reading pedigrees, though it's mainly about the other notations.
http://www.akc.org/reg/AKCpedigree.cfm

[justcross]

Originally Posted by JulieM

Pedigrees are basically horizontal family trees, read from left to right. The farthest left name (if there is one), all by itself, is the dog. The next names right are the dog's parents - sire (father) on the top, dam (mother) on the bottom. From there, the next names on the top right are the sire's sire and dam (paternal grandparents), the next names on the bottom right are the dam's sire and dam (maternal grandparents). Like this:

------------------------------Paternal/Paternal Great-Grandsire
--------------------Paternal Grandsire
------------------------------Paternal/Paternal Great-Granddam
----------Sire
------------------------------Paternal/Maternal Great-Grandsire
--------------------Paternal Granddam
------------------------------Paternal/Maternal Great-Granddam
Dog
------------------------------Maternal/Paternal Great-Grandsire
--------------------Maternal Grandsire
------------------------------Maternal/Paternal Great-Granddam
----------Dam
------------------------------Maternal/Maternal Great-Grandsire
--------------------Maternal Granddam
------------------------------Maternal/Maternal Great-Granddam

The AKC has a page on reading pedigrees, though it's mainly about the other notations.
http://www.akc.org/reg/AKCpedigree.cfm

Thank you so much. After reading your breakdown I was finally able to figure it out. Now I know where he comes from!!!!

[kassa]

If you follow the top names only it's "Father's father's father's father's father's father's..."

Following the bottommost names only it's "Mother's mother's mother's mother's mother