I'm trying to make a pedigree. I have a 'cat' content type and the relations dam and sire (also 'cat' content type). I add a dam and sire to each node, works like a charm.

Now I want to display them in a pedigree style (table with 4 columns and 8 rows). I made a view and with the use of relations I can display all the parents, grandparents and greatgrandparents of a cat. However, I can't get it to display in a nice way and it's a hell of a job to add extra fields. If I want to add the 'color' field to this view for all cats, I need to add 15 fields with all the correct relations selected, which is just a no go.

I tried panels, views and context, but I have to admit I understand little of them. I was thinking of making a view with 2 parents of a cat, then add the view in panels in the 4x8 style (which will be 7 panels showing a pair of parents each) and adding context to let each panel know who's parents to show... but I have NO idea how to do that. I've been reading and trying all day, but to no avail :-(

Can someone help me out?