Your family tree is just the beginning.
Get to know the people in the family tree. Tell us about a grandparent who has passed away, or bring in the family from FamilySearch or a family file, and see who's there and how far back each line goes. Searching and understanding it is free.
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Bring the family and your curiosity. It does the rest.
Get to know everyone
Everyone you bring in from FamilySearch Family Tree or a GEDCOM file shows up, starting with your parents and grandparents and going back from there. You can see how far back each line goes.
Hear their stories
Where the ancestors came from and where they went, who was born or died on today’s date, and each person’s life told as a story, as far as the records go.
See what's missing
Record hints from FamilySearch, dates and places that are blank, family lines that stop, and facts in the tree that don’t agree with each other.
Know where to go next
Someone to look into. A story to discover. Something to set right. Every fact includes its source, so you can see where it came from.
Who it's for
New to family history, or have you been at it for years? Either way, you don't have to figure it all out yourself. It searches, connects the dots, and helps you decide where to go next.
Use it here, or add it to Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or your own assistant. The family tree is yours: we never sell it or mix it with anyone else’s, and you can download or delete all of it whenever you want.
Real families. Real discoveries.
Every chart and page here was made from a family's published tree, the same way it works on yours.
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1Your family at a glance
The Kennedy family's published tree: 208 people in 75 families, and a fan chart of John's ancestors (an ancestor chart drawn as a half circle), filled in four generations back.
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1How they're related
How any two people are related, however many generations apart: Patrick Kennedy was John's great-grandfather.
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2One person's life
John's mother, Rose: the facts that stand out, then her life and her nine children on one timeline.
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2A life on the map
The places John lived, one after another, from Brookline in 1917 to Dallas.
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3How far back each line goes
The Kennedy file has every one of John's ancestors back to his 2nd great-grandparents, then it thins out: it holds 4 of his 32 3rd great-grandparents.
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4A page for your family
From the Kennedy file: a story found in the family, a button to share it, and how far back the tree goes.
Behind every name is a person. Behind every date is a life.
Discover the people, places, and stories in the family, and then pass them on. Save the stories you uncover and share them with your children and grandchildren with a link.
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AncestralFire is independent: it is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by FamilySearch. It is FamilySearch Compatible, listed in the FamilySearch Solutions Gallery. What it does with your FamilySearch account