Ancestry: Family History & DNA

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4.1
106K reviews
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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
*Within free apps in Google Play Store Books & Reference category
Updated on
Mar 11, 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

4.1
92.5K reviews
Peter Panish
March 16, 2024
It's okay. You cannot see others trees as an example of what isn't shown in the mobile compared to the website. Also when you delete images from the gallery in the mobile version more times than not says it has removed but still is there. Tree disappearing and you have to close out and reopen and start again. Also, every time you turn around they increase prices and nickel and dime you for everything. Other family tree websites do not and are half the price. You cannot even print a clean tree!
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Ash
March 8, 2024
The tree section does not work at all, keeps deleting entire profiles from the tree along with all the information which really sucks when you've found and saved a bunch of stuff. Also struggles with issues with the tips being buggy to scroll through. Keep getting errors left and right every second thing you click. Glad I had a free trial, I'm definitely not paying for this. It's now March and none of these issues have been resolved. The tree function is still not working at all.
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Ancestry.com
December 11, 2023
Ash, We're sorry for the frustration around information disappearing on your tree. We'd like to know more so we can look into this issue. Please email us at mobileapps@ancestry.com from the email address associated with your account and include app version, OS version, type of device, name of tree and person and what information has gone missing.
Richelle Iliff
February 20, 2024
This app is nearly unusable. The little arrows to see older ancestors doesn't work right. It doesn't close other branches before opening new ones, they just overlap each other. If I go farther back than my 2nd greatparents, it glitches and I have to close the app. I spend more time closing and reopening the app than I do actually using it. A lot of money for something I can't use 90% of the time. Might as well cancel and do my own research.
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Ancestry.com
February 23, 2024
Hi Richelle, We're sorry to hear that you've been experiencing these issues with the app. If you could please email us these details at mobileapps@ancestry.com with your Ancestry username, app version, and what type of device you're using, we'd be happy to investigate. Thanks, Ancestry App Team

What's new

For DNA+ subscribers, you can now find out where ancestors lived on each side of your family!