Ancestry: Family History & DNA

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4.1
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Everyone
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About this app

Explore who and where you came from through photos, stories, historical records, and so much moreā€” even your ethnicity and family communities if youā€™ve taken an AncestryDNAĀ® test. And with just one relativeā€™s name, you can start to discover your family history anytime, anywhere with AncestryĀ®, the top genealogy app*.

Why youā€™ll love to discover your family story using the AncestryĀ® app:
ā€¢ View your family tree, search and add new family members, upload photos, and share stories - all with just a few taps
ā€¢ With a free trial or paid subscription easily access more than 30 billion records, photos, and more
ā€¢ The dynamic Discover feed lets you review, dismiss, and save your discoveries and hints for later
ā€¢ Activate your AncestryDNAĀ® kit and view your ethnicity results
ā€¢ See your DNA matches and compare your results with them
ā€¢ Learn even more about your family story when you combine your tree with your DNA results
ā€¢ Preserve your history with your own personalized family tree
ā€¢ Collaborate with friends and family - it couldnā€™t be easier
ā€¢ Our modern layout design makes it even easier for you to explore
ā€¢ Discover stories, photos, and records about your ancestors with Ancestry HintsĀ®
ā€¢ Personal traits. Add Traits to your DNA results to see how your genes could influence 35+ fitness, nutrient, sensory and appearance traits.

Free Features:
ā€¢ Build a family tree
ā€¢ Search the census records and access more than 1.1 billion free records
ā€¢ Receive hints based on your tree
ā€¢ Scan or upload your own family pictures
ā€¢ Receive messages from Ancestry members
ā€¢ See your ancestors' life stories on a map

Available with an optional free trial or subscription:
ā€¢ View more than 30 billion records.
ā€¢ Use Ancestry HintsĀ® to learn about ancestors
ā€¢ Find pictures of your family
ā€¢ Discover new relatives
ā€¢ Unrestricted messaging

Phone and Tablet Features:
ā€¢ Curious about your family tree? Simply look up a relative's name, discover their story, and then share it with your loved ones
ā€¢ Remember the high school years by finding yearbook photos to share with your close family and friends, all with just one quick tap
ā€¢ Review your personalized hints
ā€¢ Add photos, hints, or ancestor stories and watch your personalized family tree grow
ā€¢ Watch Ancestry Academy Videos that get you started with genealogy research
ā€¢ Easily upload or scan photos and add facts or stories to your family tree
ā€¢ Learn about historical events that affected your ancestorsā€™ lives.

Download the Ancestry Family History & DNA app to start exploring your heritage and more, today!

View our Terms and Conditions at: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions
View our Privacy Statement at https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement
CCPA Notice at Collection https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement#personal-info-categories
WA Health Privacy
https://www.ancestry.com/c/legal/wa-health-privacy
*Within free apps in Google Play Store Books & Reference category
Updated on
Apr 17, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Photos and videos, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.0
92.8K reviews
D B
April 4, 2024
Even though there's an option to add photos, they don't actually add to the gallery. Can't view all trees on the overview on the app, which would be fine if there was a search button. Only way to get into a tree on the app that you haven't opened in 30 or more recent trees, is to make it a recently edited tree by logging into the desktop site, opening the tree and making an edit. This is bothersome when you just want to view a tree that isn't currently on the list of 20!
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Nate Rochester
March 31, 2024
Glitchy tree. When building family tree the app will frequently fail to save my work, with recently added profiles and relationships completely disappearing, or occasionally overlaying the "add father" or "add mother" or "potential father/mother" boxes on top of one another or on top of a newly created profile. Sometimes entire mid-sections of my family tree will appear blank with three ends floating unconnected. Very very frustrating.
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L Amos
March 25, 2024
Overall I really like the app, but I am disappointed in the messaging feature. They have made some improvements, but it still needs upgrades. The DNA search feature is poorly designed, and it's hard to search for known matches. The notes feature has been giving an error message when trying to save. This makes organizing your matches very difficult.
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What's new

Bug fixes