DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER — OPENING FAMILY CHECK
Scope: family relationships introduced in chapters 2–5. No later outcomes.
Selected people only; this is not a complete Jia/Wang/Lin/Xue genealogy.

DAIYU TO BAOYU
Lin Daiyu -> mother Jia Min -> Grandmother Jia
Grandmother Jia -> son Jia Zheng -> Jia Baoyu
Jia Min and Jia Zheng are siblings: Daiyu and Baoyu are first cousins.
Lin Ruhai is Daiyu's father; Lady Wang is Baoyu's mother.

BAOCHAI TO BAOYU
Xue Baochai -> mother Aunt Xue (born Wang)
Aunt Xue <-> sister Lady Wang -> son Jia Baoyu
Baochai and Baoyu are first cousins through their mothers.
This does not make Baochai a daughter of Grandmother Jia's child.

XIFENG
Jia She -> son Jia Lian -> married to Wang Xifeng.
Wang Xifeng is also Lady Wang's niece (chapters 2–3).
Keep the marriage connection separate from the niece connection.

NINGGUO GENERATION CHECK
Jia Jing -> son Jia Zhen -> son Jia Rong (chapter 2).
Lady Qin / Qin Shi is Jia Rong's wife (chapter 5).
“Uncle Bao” is a kinship-generation address, not proof that Baoyu is
Jia Rong's father's own brother. Do not infer family rank from age alone.

MY EDITION
Title / translator / volume:
Chapter reached:
Name in this guide / spelling in my edition:
Relationship I checked:
Chapter and passage in my edition:
Still uncertain / leave blank:

Do not look up later spouses, deaths or endings to complete this opening
map. Later chapters may supply more information. This guide cites the
Wikisource Chinese reading text; manuscript/edition differences exist.
Especially avoid silently adding one universal mother for Yingchun from
the variant chapter-2 readings. No copyrighted English translation copied.