Ancestry: Family History & DNA

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4.1
107K reviews
10M+
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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 more— even your ethnicity and family communities if you’ve taken an AncestryDNA® test. And with just one relative’s name, you can start to discover your family history anytime, anywhere with Ancestry®, the top genealogy app*.

Why you’ll love to discover your family story using the Ancestry® app:
• View your family tree, search and add new family members, upload photos, and share stories - all with just a few taps
• With a free trial or paid subscription easily access more than 30 billion records, photos, and more
• The dynamic Discover feed lets you review, dismiss, and save your discoveries and hints for later
• Activate your AncestryDNA® kit and view your ethnicity results
• See your DNA matches and compare your results with them
• Learn even more about your family story when you combine your tree with your DNA results
• Preserve your history with your own personalized family tree
• Collaborate with friends and family - it couldn’t be easier
• Our modern layout design makes it even easier for you to explore
• Discover stories, photos, and records about your ancestors with Ancestry Hints®
• Personal traits. Add Traits to your DNA results to see how your genes could influence 35+ fitness, nutrient, sensory and appearance traits.

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

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

Phone and Tablet Features:
• Curious about your family tree? Simply look up a relative's name, discover their story, and then share it with your loved ones
• Remember the high school years by finding yearbook photos to share with your close family and friends, all with just one quick tap
• Review your personalized hints
• Add photos, hints, or ancestor stories and watch your personalized family tree grow
• Watch Ancestry Academy Videos that get you started with genealogy research
• Easily upload or scan photos and add facts or stories to your family tree
• Learn about historical events that affected your ancestors’ 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
May 3, 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
93K reviews
Sara Shea
April 22, 2024
The app is overall helpful as an additional way to access my tree. Things are still smoother on the computer but for quick adding and editing it is perfect. My only current complaints are that the DNA features never seem to work for me on the app, and occasionally my photos won't upload. I get around that by converting to photos to alternate file types but it is a hassle. Not sure if other people are having these problems.
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daniel sorrell
May 3, 2024
The concept is fantastic, but execution is flawed. App constantly has issues. Can't load stories, 90% of my tree disappears when adding members, they come back, but I have to restart my app in order for them to return. They only charge like $5 to have all the info through the app only and 4x that if you want it on PC. I see why they let the app remain trash so they can try and force you into buying the higher tiered plan.
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Ashley Mac Donald
May 4, 2024
5/4 Update completely tanked app function and trees are unable to load. some of the profiles for people in your trees are glitchy and selecting them will cause the app to crash. This is still not fixed and now certain profiles just receive an error message on the app when you attempt to view them. Support is practically nonresponsive. For a service that you have to pay to use, this is appalling.
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