Ancestry: Family History & DNA

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About this app

Build your family tree and explore your family history with Ancestry®, the genealogy app with 50+ billion historical records, AncestryDNA® ethnicity results, and DNA matches. And with just one relative’s name, you can start to discover your family history anytime, anywhere.

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 50 billion records, photos, and more
• Search census records, birth, marriage, and death records, immigration and passenger lists, military records, yearbooks, and obituaries
• 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
• Combine your tree with your DNA results to find the ancestors you share with your DNA matches
• Preserve your history with your own personalized family tree
• Collaborate with friends and family - it couldn’t be easier
• Explore your heritage and your family history on your phone or tablet
• 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 4 billion free genealogy 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 50 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
Family tree, genealogy records, DNA ethnicity & matches. Find your ancestors.
Updated on
Nov 9, 2026

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
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  • 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

176K reviews
Marie C
June 9, 2026
Ancestry was once a good service. Now it is terrible. Just spent 5 minutes to get to the selection menu because the AI couldn't figure out how to operate itself. I would use something else. You don't need to pay for being held up for 10 minutes just to reset a password without resolution after 10 minutes. Go somewhere else
14 people found this review helpful
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Ancestry.com
June 12, 2026
Hi, Marie. We're sorry to hear this. If you cannot log in, we can recommend following this link to reset your password: https://bit.ly/4uB6bvQ If you need any additional help, please give us a call. You can reach us throughout the week, and our full list of hotline numbers can be found here: https://bit.ly/44n4d6U Thanks, Ancestry App Team
A Google user
December 15, 2019
Can't login to my account on the app. Keep getting a message that it has a problem syncing, if it continues contact tech support. When I contacted tech support their only solution was uninstall and reinstall the app. Which I've already done four times now, so not at all helpful. Really disappointed. Guess I'll just have to keep going through the browser, but definitely discourages me from signing up for a membership, which I had been considering.
91 people found this review helpful
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Ancestry.com
December 17, 2019
Hi Melonie, Since we can't reply through this system more than once, please email us at mobileapps@ancestry.com to help you troubleshoot this issue, and see if its something on our side. Thank you! EF.
A Google user
October 8, 2019
It's not the app per se, it's the amount of data within Ancestry fit into a mobile app. You really need a desktop PC with dual monitors to be able to do this seriously. Showing people info through the app is nice but sheer amount of data makes it impossible to sift through on a single small screen. Also, if you make a mistake, it is a nightmare to undo it on almost all the platforms except on a desktop. Ancestey is great, just don't expect to do your family tree on your mobile.
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