Ancestry: Family History & DNA

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4.6
176K reviews
10M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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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
Mar 16, 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
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

4.6
157K reviews
Joules Duncan
October 14, 2025
This app barely lets you sign in. Then every single time you click on a potential relative it tosses up an error that it isn't available and you need to add it manually. Useless. **EDIT: I am not on an older version, as there is no update available. This app is awful. I am not going to email you when you tried to gaslight me into thinking it was my fault that your app is faulty. Work out the bugs and release the update.
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Ancestry.com
October 14, 2025
It looks like you are on an older version of the app. Please upgrade to the latest version and reach out to us through an email to mobileapps@ancestry.com if you are still having trouble. Thanks
Snoopy Girl
March 7, 2026
I'm a longtime user of Ancestry's website. While the app has been convenient, it certainly doesn't have the full functionality of the website. For example, the app doesn't allow for zooming in on images and documents which is hugely frustrating when trying to view a photo or document on a phone. Overall, the app works better for viewing something quickly instead of doing lengthy research. Also, the app doesn't work after recent March 2026 update. I keep getting error messages and "retry."
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Jessica L. N. F.
March 10, 2026
There needs to be a means of automating the removal of duplicate entries. It is impossible to return to my place in the Search List after editing an entry. Going back returns me to the homepage. I'm also not a fan of the new page for editing current entries. Feels like change for change's sake rather than an improvement. I also only care about hints that add people to the tree and see no means of sorting hints for just those. Also unable to save changes from living to dead in the app.
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Ancestry.com
September 9, 2024
Hi Jessica, Thanks for sharing this review. We're sorry for any disappointment that recent changes have caused and will relay your thoughts to the appropriate team. You can also submit your feedback and suggestions directly to our team via this link: https://ancestry.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eaMJAIOG9lwk709. Thanks, Ancestry App Team

What’s new

Bug fixes