Ancestry: Family History & DNA

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4.2
128K reviews
10M+
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PEGI 3
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About this app

Explore who and where you personally 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
Consumer Health Privacy https://www.ancestry.com/c/legal/wa-health-privacy

*Within free apps in Google Play Store Books & Reference category
Updated on
Jan 8, 2025

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
Location, Personal info and 8 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.3
113K reviews
Graham Cartwright
January 15, 2025
Good app although when I try adding half-parents ext, it adds them to a different tree which annoys me. I also wish you could delete people as due to the last problem I have created the same person 3 times and now can't get rid of them! I hope this is something you will be able to fix 😓 Other than this it is an amazing app and would definitely recommend!
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Kaymarie Ybarra
January 16, 2025
I love using the app. I have found so much on here. I just have 2 things that I would change. 1) When working in the "Feed" I find for example pictures. I look at a couple and attach if I want and then I have to scroll al over the feed again to look at more. It annoys me and I'm sure I am not the only one. 2) I wish there was an option to use either USA or United States. I prefer United States and have to change each one - one by one. Maybe have it set up as a preference in the settings.
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S C
January 16, 2025
Literally every time devs add/fix something, something else breaks. Currently you cannot add spouses, autocapitalization is gone. Gallery is always unreliable, you can upload 1-2 pics before it breaks & you have to go thru desktop site. Cannot view all trees on the app, if desired tree isn't on the tiny list of recents, you have to go thru desktop; desperately needs a tree search feature😐😑🙄 Don't bother replying with "try troubleshooting🤧🤓", dude I've tried everything, your app just sucks.
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What’s new

Bug fixes