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How to use My rOoOts
Simple, step-by-step guides with screenshots from the app, on a computer and on a phone. Start with the first one and you will have a family tree in a few minutes.
Getting started
Build your first tree in minutes, or bring one you already have.
Create your family tree
Start a family tree in your browser in under a minute, with no account and no email. Add yourself, then parents, partners and children, and save it free.
Add relatives
Add anyone to your family tree with the + button on a card or the Add Member button. Parents, spouses, children and siblings are linked for you.
Import a GEDCOM file
Upload a .ged file from any genealogy program and see your family tree in seconds, free. Facts, notes and sources come with it, and you can export again any time.
Family and sharing
Bring relatives in, share the tree, and claim one that already exists.
Invite your family
Invite relatives with a private link, or send a Fill in your branch link so they can add their side from their phone with no account. You approve every change.
Share your tree
Create a read-only link anyone can open without an account, pick the preview picture people see on WhatsApp, and turn the link off whenever you want.
Claim a public tree
Found your family in the public directory? Claim the tree to take it over and keep building, or claim your own profile with Is this you.
Stories and memories
Add the details, photos and voices that make each person real.
Edit a profile
Open anyone on your tree to add their photo, dates, birthplace, occupation, a short biography, or a tribute for someone who has passed.
Add family photos
Give every person their own photo gallery, add captions and years, and browse the whole family album in one place. Works from your phone camera roll too.
Record family stories
Send a relative one simple question a week. They answer by voice or text from their phone, with no app or account, and every answer is kept on your tree.
Research
Record evidence, search archives and work out how people are related.
Facts and sources
Build a timeline of each person's life (where they lived, worked and served) and back each fact with a source like a census, certificate or family bible.
Search records
Search six free archives for any ancestor in one tap, prefilled with their name, dates and place, and work out DNA matches with the shared cM calculator.
How are we related?
See each person's relationship to you on their card, trace the line between relatives on the tree, and look up the right word in 40 languages and traditions.
View, print and gift
Find your way around a big tree, then print it or turn it into a gift.
Navigate your tree
Search for anyone, switch the layout, change the connector lines, open family insights, and use the list view on your phone. Works for trees with thousands of people.
Fan chart
Switch your tree to a fan chart that shows ancestors or descendants radiating out from one person, as a half or full circle, coloured by generation, gender or lineage.
Download and print
Export your family tree as a PNG image, a printable PDF, a GEDCOM file or a CSV spreadsheet, in a couple of clicks.
Poster or book
Turn your tree into a framed-print poster or a family history book in nine styles, for a birthday, anniversary, wedding or reunion. Download a print-ready PDF.
The best way to learn is to start
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