# AI Family Portrait Generator > An AI family portrait generator puts relatives who were photographed separately into one shared portrait. On Kenerate AI you upload one clear photo of each person to the Image Studio, say where everyone sits and what they wear, and an edit model draws the group. In our test, Nano Banana 2.1 turned four separate headshots into one studio portrait with every face kept, for 21 credits whatever the number of photos. URL: https://kenerateai.com/ai-family-portrait-generator Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com) Last updated: 22 October 2026 ## Key facts - Portraits made: 3 (studio · Christmas · oil painting) - Photos in: 4 separate headshots - Faces kept: Yes, all four, in all three - Best model: Nano Banana 2.1 (up to 14 photos) - Cost: 21 credits (Nano Banana) · 13.5 (Seedream) - Free plan: Qwen Image 3.0, up to 3 photos - Watermark: None ## Steps 1. Add one photo per person — In /app/image, add a clear photo of each relative as a reference. Sign in free for starter credits. 2. Pick Nano Banana 2.1 — It takes up to 14 photos and kept all four faces in our studio test. 3. Describe the portrait — Who sits where, matching outfits, the backdrop and the light, then “keep every face exactly as in its photo”. 4. Download — Regenerate if a face drifts, then download without a watermark. ## In depth ### Why separate photos are the hard part A family portrait is easy to describe and hard to fake: four people who were never in the same room need the same light, the same lens and believable heights. The model copies faces from the photos you give it and invents everything else — clothes, pose, backdrop. That is why the prompt has to do the photographer's job: who sits, who stands, where the light comes from, and one outfit scheme for everyone. Leave those out and you get four well-copied faces that don't look like one sitting. ### A family portrait prompt, written out The structure that worked for all three portraits: - Who: “the older man from image 1 and the woman from image 2 … the man from image 3 and the woman from image 4”. - Pose: who sits on the sofa or chair, who stands behind, hands on shoulders. - Faces: “keep every face exactly as in its photo — same hair, skin tone, age and smile”. - Wardrobe: “coordinated navy, cream and soft grey”, “matching red knit sweaters”, “dark formal clothes”. - Scene and style: studio backdrop with soft key light, a lit Christmas tree, or an oil painting with Rembrandt lighting. ### What we got Three portraits from the same four photos, one try each: - Studio (Nano Banana 2.1, 21 credits): followed the seating plan exactly — parents on the sofa, son and partner behind with hands on their shoulders. - Christmas (Seedream 5.0 Pro, 13.5 credits): all four in matching sweaters by the tree, standing in a row rather than posed. - Oil painting (Seedream 5.0 Pro, 13.5 credits): faces and velvet backdrop right, but closer to a photo than a painting, and one input's strappy top carried over. ## FAQ Q: How do I make a family portrait from separate photos? A: Open Kenerate's Image Studio, add one clear photo of each person, pick Nano Banana 2.1 and describe the sitting: “the older man from image 1 and the woman from image 2 seated on a sofa, the man from image 3 and the woman from image 4 standing behind, keep every face exactly as in its photo”. Our four separate headshots came back as one studio portrait with all four faces kept. Q: How many people can be in one AI family portrait? A: It depends on the model's photo limit: Qwen Image 3.0 takes 3 photos, Seedream 5.0 Pro 10, Nano Banana 2.1 14 and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst 16. Google's own docs say Nano Banana keeps up to about four or five characters consistent, so for big families make two or three smaller portraits, or check every face before you print. Q: Is the AI family portrait generator free? A: Free to start. A new Kenerate account gets 25 starter credits, and Qwen Image 3.0 — on the free plan — takes up to 3 photos at 9 credits plus 0.9 per photo. Nano Banana 2.1 (21 credits) and Seedream 5.0 Pro (13.5 credits) use one-time credit packs that never expire. No subscription, and downloads carry no watermark. Q: Can I make a Christmas family photo with AI? A: Yes. Add everyone's photo and ask for “matching red and cream knit sweaters in front of a decorated Christmas tree with fairy lights”. Our Seedream 5.0 Pro version put all four people in matching sweaters by a lit tree for 13.5 credits. Add the greeting later in the AI Christmas card generator, or ask for it in quotes. Q: Can I turn a family photo into an oil painting? A: Yes — either upload an existing family photo, or one photo per person, and ask for “a classical oil painting family portrait, visible brushstrokes, Rembrandt lighting”. Our painted version kept every face and the green-velvet backdrop, but it still looked closer to a photo than a painting; say “thick impasto brushstrokes on the faces too” for a stronger painted look. Q: How do I add someone to an existing family photo? A: Upload the family photo plus a clear photo of the missing person, then say where they stand: “add the woman from image 2 standing on the left, same light and height as the others, keep everyone else unchanged”. Nano Banana 2.1 and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst handle this kind of precise edit best. Q: Will the faces really look like my family? A: In our three tests every face carried over — hair, the grey beard, skin tones and smiles. Clothes are redrawn to match the prompt, and details from a photo can sneak in: the strappy top from one input appeared in the oil painting. Use sharp, well-lit, front-facing photos and regenerate if a face drifts. Q: Can I use a Gemini family portrait prompt here? A: Yes. Nano Banana 2.1 is Google's Gemini image model, so prompts written for Gemini work in Kenerate's Image Studio. Number the people (“the man from image 1”), say where each one goes, and add “keep every face exactly as in its photo”. Q: Is it OK to upload photos of my family? A: Only upload photos you have the right to use, of people who agreed — Google's own image docs ask the same. Don't make portraits of public figures or anyone who hasn't agreed, and label AI portraits as AI when you share them. Switch on Private in the studio to keep results out of the public feed. ## Related pages - Family Christmas photo ideas: https://kenerateai.com/blogs/christmas-photoshoot-ideas - AI couple photo generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-couple-photo-generator-free - AI Christmas card generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-christmas-card-generator - AI Christmas photo generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-christmas-photo-generator - AI pet portrait generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-pet-portrait-generator - AI pregnant filter: https://kenerateai.com/ai-pregnant-filter - Photo to painting: https://kenerateai.com/photo-to-painting - AI photo restoration: https://kenerateai.com/photo-restoration - AI image combiner: https://kenerateai.com/ai-image-combiner ## Sources - Google Gemini API — Image generation (reference images, rights note): https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation - Kenerate Image Studio: https://kenerateai.com/app/image