Articles on the shezhire and family history
How to trace your family’s genealogy, what zheti ata is, how to find your clan and what to give your elders for a birthday. We write in plain language and without invented facts.
How to build your family’s shezhire
Step by step: whom to ask, which questions to put, where to look for documents and how to write it all down so nothing is lost.
ReadWhat is zheti ata
Where the tradition of knowing seven ancestors comes from, why it matters and how the Kazakh shezhire resembles the Kyrgyz sanjyra.
ReadHow to find your clan, ru and zhuz
Where to start if your family never spoke about it, and why you should not write down a clan “by eye”.
ReadA birthday gift for grandparents (ata and azhe)
Meaningful gift ideas for 60, 70 and 80 years and for mushel zhas birthdays, and how to prepare a shezhire for the celebration.
ReadShezhire formats
Digital family tree
2,990 ₸
An image for your phone and an A4 PDF. Easy to send to relatives in the family chat.
Learn morePoster A2 for printing
4,990 ₸
An A2 file for printing at a photo lab or print shop. The digital tree is included.
Learn moreFamily book (PDF)
9,990 ₸
A PDF book: a page for every ancestor with a photo and a story. The poster and the tree are included.
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