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 # MathGen
 Python Project to generate genealogical graphs using the data from the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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+This is a completely new implementation of a project I did in 2019 to generate a poster of a friend's academic family tree as a present for his defense.
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+## Status
+At the moment only the basic functionality of downloading info from the Mathematics Genealogy Project from their website and storing this data in a SQLite3 database is implemented.