Ancestry: Family History & DNA 4+
Genealogy, Ethnicity & Stories
Ancestry.com
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
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
iPhone and iPad Features:
• Curious about your family tree? Simply look up a relative's name, discover their story, and then share it with your loved ones
• Review your personalized hints
• Add photos, hints, or ancestor stories and watch your personalized family tree grow
• Easily upload or scan photos and add facts or stories to your family tree
• Learn about historical events that affected your ancestors’ lives.
Apple Watch Features:
• Get on-this-day alerts for events from your family history.
Download the Ancestry Family History & DNA app to start exploring your heritage and more, today!
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*within free apps in the Apple App Store's Reference category
What’s New
Version 17.3.1
Bug fixes
Ratings and Reviews
Finding my family of the past and present
I have managed to find many lines of family since I joined Ancestry. Yes you have to learn your way about, but I just took one step at a time. Asking questions with some of the groups on Facebook. One of the most useful tools on Ancestry is looking at other members trees that include someone from my tree. By contacting these members with the message part of the site, there is much information to be had. Even finding family photographs that I had never seen. I have contacted a few 2nd cousins who I now talk to on the phone gaining some amazing family stories and character references. I have been paying £20 per month, which for me is quite a bit, but I got so much good information that I would not have gained from just buying certificates (which are just as important). I am able to cancel the subscription and start it up at a later date which helps with my budget. Great job Ancestry 5 Stars 👌
Family tree
I have spent many hours days researching my family history, on Ancestry. I also took a DNA test and the results I find fascinating and have connected with many relations on both sides of my family.
At the moment I am having difficulty in following research on my paternal great grandfather David Griffiths . I thought that he was divorced but then somebody else had him as deceased but this was prior to the birth of my great grandmother. I must try again to find the missing parts of my research.
I have been amazed with how my research has given me information which I did not know . My grandparents lived in wern Ganol cottages and in the 1st cottage lived her uncle and his family and I was unaware that they were related , although I'spent many hours at my grandparents house. Also I did not know until I sent for my grandfather's birth certificate that my great grandmother was Irish.
I am now putting photos on my tree so that family members can now have their own identity.
Myrtle Stephens
Blends well with Windows & OSX versions but with some restrictions
Although it works in a Works in a different way from the standard desktop version it has an even more rapid interaction. It is inevitably designed for a smaller screen than a desktop or laptop but this is rarely a restriction.
Using Family Tree Maker is possible and this separate product is usually fit for purpose but it is necessary to take care when uploading or downloading between these products. It is too easy to suddenly increase the number of individual people through duplicates if the software cannot recognise such should be merged.
However in general this standalone app is easy to use and offers a superb ‘on the move’ facility that dovetails with the desktop version.
I haven’t found an easy way to access the Gallery facility on the IOS version and this can be a problem but overall the app is highly usable and to be welcomed.
App Privacy
The developer, Ancestry.com, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Search History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Sensitive Info
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
- Size
- 422.1 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Ancestry
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- U.K. Premium £13.99
- U.K. - Worldwide £19.99
- U.K. Essentials £10.99
- U.K. Premium £13.99
- UK Premium £12.99
- Just this record £1.99
- Just this record £0.99
- U.K. Worldwide £19.99
- UK Premium £12.99
- UK Essentials £10.99