In the novels One Hundred Years of Solitude and The House of the Spirits we see how both Allende and Garcia Márquez use genealogy to develop Esteban Trueba and Jose Arcadio Buendia. Both authors use character genealogy to influence the characters differently. In One Hundred Years of Solitude Garcia Márquez used José Arcadio Buendia's genealogy to influence his development as a character. The same can be said of How Allende uses Trueba's genealogy to greatly influence his development in The House of the Spirits. In the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude it can be seen that the Buendias' genealogy had a great influence on their current lifestyle. Ursula's great-great-grandmother still had nightmares of Sir Frances Drake's attack, and this is the beginning of the Buendia-Iguara genealogy. It was his nightmares that pushed the family to move to Macondo, an isolated place “not marked on any map” (Garcia Márquez 13). This is also the beginning of their isolationist lifestyle. The Buendias' past also influenced Ursula's way of life who, due to their isolationist lifestyle, feared having a child with a deformity who "wore a system of leather straps and was closed in the front by a thick buckle of iron" (Garcia Márquez 21 ) and never consummated the marriage with her husband, which caused her ridicule. The chastity pants that Ursula wears also symbolize the isolation that the Buendias have placed themselves in. Garcia Márquez uses the Buendia genealogy to stem the family's isolationist lifestyle. This will also have a great impact on José Arcadio Buendia's education as it will form the foundation of his personality and character. The years of loneliness spent by the Buendias due to the decided......middle of paper......prevent this from happening to Alba, but because of his actions she must suffer. This brings out some of Trueba's less attractive traits in the novel. Both Allende and Garcia Márquez use genealogy to develop characters and their novel, but they use it in different aspects. Garcia Márquez uses the Buendia-Iguaran genealogy to create the foundation for the isolationist lifestyle the family portrays and how this influenced Esteban Arcadio Trueba. On the other hand, Allende uses genealogy to show the impact that Esteban Trueba creates by giving too much importance to genealogy and the treatment of his family. Works CitedAllende, Isabel. The House of Spirits. Trans. Magda Bogin. New York: BantamBooks, 1993Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. One hundred years of solitude. Trans. Gregorio Rabassa. Ed.3rd ed.New York: Harper Perennial, 2006 Print.