Type what you remember. We take it from there.
Most people start with four or five names and a few half-remembered stories. That's a normal place to start, and the relatives who can fill the gaps are the ones to ask first.
It does the digging. You make the calls.
- No forms to learn
Say it the way you'd say it out loud: "My grandmother Rose, born in Ohio, maybe 1931."
- It asks the next question
When it needs a date or a place to go further, it asks. No empty fields to puzzle over.
- You can't break it
Every addition waits for your approval. Guessing wrong costs you nothing.
Never wonder if you got it right
- See the proof
Open the census page behind any detail and read it yourself.
- Conflicts stay visible
Two records disagree on a date? You see both, and can leave it unsettled.
- Stuck isn't the end
A name that vanishes after one census is where most people stop. Ask, and Deep Research keeps looking.
Something your family will actually watch
- Nothing to write
It uses the names, dates, and places already on your tree.
- Ready in minutes
A narrated short film, with no editing software involved.
- Share with anyone
Send a link to the relatives who'd never open a family tree.
Why beginners get further with it
You'll be able to prove it
When a cousin asks how you know, you'll have the record, not a family rumour.
Yours to take with you
Export the whole tree or delete it outright, whenever you want.
Ten minutes is a real session
No free weekend required. Add one relative and pick it up later.
You don't have to be the only one building it
Add AncestorIQ to a family group chat and everyone can drop in what they remember, in the app they already message each other in.
- Grandma can just talk
A two-minute voice note instead of a form she was never going to fill in.
- Photos get identified
Send an old picture and it asks who's in it.
- One shared tree
Everyone's memories land in the same place instead of five different phones.
FAQs
Two or three names with rough dates and places is enough to work backwards from. Most trees start there.
Yes. Building your tree costs nothing, and there's no trial clock running.
Yes. Share the tree with relatives, or add AncestorIQ to a family group chat on WhatsApp so everyone can drop in memories and photos.
Change it or remove it. Nothing you add is permanent, and where records disagree the tree can hold the question open.
You already know enough to begin.
Start free. Say what you remember about one relative and see how far it gets.
No credit card needed. Your tree stays yours.
