Every name has a line behind it.
Build one family tree with your relatives. You add the people you know, they add theirs. LinageRoot matches the records, joins the branches and names every relationship, seven generations back and across every marriage.
- Free to start, no card needed
- Contact details private by default
One tree for the whole family, however it's shaped.
Seven generations and beyond
From you to your 5× great-grandparents, and further as records allow.
Every marriage
Several spouses, past or present, each with their own children named correctly.
Two-family approval
Records join only when both sides agree, and any join can be undone.
Record Lens
Photograph a certificate or gravestone and LinageRoot reads the names, dates and places on it.
Royal and ruling houses
Titles, houses and birth order, with lines of succession under several rules.
Every culture and script
Matches names across spellings, alphabets, family-name-first order and calendars.
Made for real families, in every tradition.
Families don't fit one template. A grandfather with three wives. A mother known by her maiden name in one village and her married name in another. An adopted son. Cousins on four continents. LinageRoot records each of them as they are.
- Customary, religious, civil and traditional marriages, including more than one at a time
- Birth names, married names, praise names and spelling variants
- Adoption, fostering and step-families, kept separate from the bloodline
- Hometown, village and clan, for families spread across the world
How it works
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Start with your own name
Add your parents and grandparents, your brothers and sisters, and each spouse with the children you had together. A guided form walks you through it in a few minutes.
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Your relatives add what they know
When a cousin in Lagos and an aunt in Houston both add the same grandfather, LinageRoot notices. Names, birth years and relatives must agree, and both families approve before the records join.
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See the whole line
Everyone is labelled by how they relate to you. Tap any name to see their story, their family and, if they have shared it with you, how to reach them.
It knows the difference.
- Half-sister
- Stepmother
- Co-wife
- Paternal grandfather
- First cousin once removed
- Adoptive son
- Sister-in-law
- Co-mother-in-law
- Great-aunt
- Half-nephew
- Stepmother's former husband
- Second cousin
- Maternal 4× great-grandmother
Every label is worked out from who is married to whom and which children came from which marriage. Where no single word exists, LinageRoot gives you the path: your mother's brother's wife's sister.
Blood relativesBy marriageStep-familyAdoptive
See it in 40 seconds.
Old photographs become a living line. A father's two marriages, each with its own children. Two relatives' records of the same grandfather, matched and approved by both. A sister's contact details, private until she shares them.
Your family's data, protected wherever you live.
Family records are personal. Every member gets the same protections, in every country, built on the principles the world's data protection laws share.
Private by default
Relatives see your name and your place in the family. Where you live, your phone and your email stay hidden until you approve a request, field by field.
Consent before anything joins
Matching never merges records on its own. Both families approve, and every merge can be reversed exactly.
Your rights, one click away
See, correct, download or delete what is held about you, whenever you choose.
No ads, no trackers, no sale
No advertising or analytics scripts on any page. Your family's data is never sold.
Secure by design
Two-factor sign-in, private document storage and short-lived links. Certificates are checked by trained reviewers, not other members.
Safeguarding built in
Block anyone in one step. Report a record or an account, and trained moderators review it.
Built around the principles of
Europe
EU GDPR
UK GDPR
Africa
Nigeria NDPA
South Africa POPIA
Kenya Data Protection Act
Ghana Data Protection Act
Americas
California CCPA/CPRA
Canada PIPEDA
Brazil LGPD
Asia-Pacific
India DPDP Act
Singapore PDPA
Australia Privacy Act
Japan APPI
Laws differ in detail. Where they do, we aim to meet the higher standard for everyone. Read the privacy notice
Free to build. Add what your family wants.
Every family can build its whole tree for free, with no limit on people. Add-ons pay for the extras, so there are no adverts.
Free
Free
For every family, for ever
- Unlimited family tree
- A profile picture for every person
- 10 photos in Root Gallery
- Matching and contact requests
- Cousins, in-laws and step-family named
- Family board and RootHunt quiz
- Line of succession for royal families
Family Pass
Every family add-on
- Root Gallery: the whole photo archive
- Origins & Heritage: reports, Root AI, Record Lens
- Elder Voices: voice and video notes from elders
- Rooted Together: live Ludo, Cheers and Snooker coming soon
Clan Pass
For family unions and large families
- Everything in the Family Pass
- Family Union: members, meetings, minutes and dues
Prefer one thing? Buy single add-ons from the app, monthly or yearly. Printed tree posters, family books and funeral and memorial programmes are coming as one-off orders.
Questions families ask
Is it really free?
Yes. Building your tree, adding as many relatives as you like, profile pictures, matching and contact requests are free for ever. You only pay if you want an add-on, such as Root Gallery for a large photo archive or Origins & Heritage for reports and Root AI. In Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa you pay once for a month or a year, and nothing renews by itself.
How accurate is it?
As accurate as the family makes it, and built to stay that way. A child can have only one set of birth parents. A match needs more than a name: birth years and named relatives must agree, and both families approve. Relatives can confirm or dispute any record, and certificates are checked by reviewers.
My father had more than one wife. Can I record that?
Yes. Add each wife separately, in order, and add the children under the mother they belong to. Full brothers and sisters, half-siblings, co-wives and stepmothers are then named correctly for everyone.
What if a relative adds someone wrongly?
You can dispute it, which notifies the person responsible for that record. Only the person themselves, or the relative who added them, can change a record. A wrong merge can be undone.
Who can see my address and phone number?
Only people you approve. Before you join, only the relative who entered your details can see them. Once you join, you control them completely.
Can I record adoption and step-families?
Yes. Adoptive and foster parents are recorded as such, and step-relations come from marriages. None of them are mixed into the bloodline.
What happens to my data if I leave?
You can download it all first. Deleting your account erases your contact details, photo and notes. Your name stays in relatives' trees so their lines don't break, and you can ask us to remove that too.
Does it work for my country and culture?
Yes. Names, places, clans and marriage types are recorded as your family uses them. Matching understands spelling variants, titles, family-name-first order and names written in Cyrillic, Devanagari, Chinese, Korean and Arabic scripts.
Which data protection laws do you follow?
LinageRoot is designed around the principles shared by the major laws, including the GDPR, Nigeria's NDPA, South Africa's POPIA, California's CCPA and Brazil's LGPD. Every member gets the same rights: to see, correct, download and delete their data. The privacy notice explains the details for your country.
The people in old photographs had names. Keep them.
Start with yourself. Invite one relative. Your family will do the rest.