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Terms & Conditions

Last modified: September 15, 2026. Please read these terms carefully before exploring or embedding interactive lineages from Famous Family Trees.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using Famous Family Trees (famousfamilytrees.net), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must discontinue use of the site and its interactive tools immediately.

2. Informational & Educational Compendium

Famous Family Trees is an interactive educational and cultural reference platform designed to document complex dynastic bloodlines, noble houses, mythical pantheons, and fictional family relationships across world history, literature, mythology, and cinema.

While we strive for meticulous historical accuracy and adherence to canonical source materials, lineages and biographies are provided on an "as-is" basis for recreational, educational, and research purposes.

3. Intellectual Property & Fair Use

The visual presentation, interactive node-link graph layouts, kinship algorithms, search indexes, code, and curated text formatting on this site are the property of Famous Family Trees and protected under applicable copyright laws.

Fair Use Notice for Fictional Universes:

Character names, house sigils, and universe references (e.g., A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones, Middle-earth, Greek mythology) are trademarks or copyrighted properties of their respective rights holders (such as George R.R. Martin, HBO, Tolkien Estate, Warner Bros., or relevant publishers). Their inclusion constitutes non-commercial, transformative scholarly reference and fair use under international copyright statutes.

4. Permitted Usage & Embedding

Visitors may explore, search, and download exported PNG family tree diagrams for personal, academic, or editorial research. If embedding diagrams or utilizing high-resolution exports in published work, attribution to Famous Family Trees (famousfamilytrees.net) must remain intact.

Automated scraping, bulk harvesting of canvas datasets, or attempting to reverse-engineer administrative endpoints without authorization is strictly prohibited.

5. Genealogical Corrections & Contributions

Users who submit historical corrections, parentage updates, or canonical references grant Famous Family Trees a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to verify, integrate, and display such data within our public graph repositories.

6. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Famous Family Trees, its developers, or contributors be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use our platform or reliance on any genealogical chronicle published herein.

7. Questions & Legal Inquiries

For inquiries regarding licensing, corrections, or copyright matters, contact our archival team at contact@famousfamilytrees.net.