Ancestry: Family History & DNA

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4.8 638261 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Tracing McClain/ Stemm/ Green/ Hummel Family Lines

   I started my quest in 1983, to trace my family lines as far back as I could. It stated with asking family members and many times getting information that was wrong or they forgot. I traced a couple major lines back 7 generations with old bibles and traveled to many libraries and I felt I had exhausted my leads, and then joined Ancestry in 2003. I have now traced my family tree back to the 1100’s on every single line on my tree and now have over 29,000 records in my tree. Not every green leaf or hint is for the individual in your tree you have to vet the information. Ancestry must have an incredible staff loading records of births, deaths, immigration, wills, census record, church record and photos from past events. In 2013, I added the European records to take my records back even further to the families beginnings. The DNA that was added a few years ago has turbo charged my trace again. I have been finding cousins from ancestors siblings that I never knew existed. Perhaps, if that were not enough, the collaboration of others searching shared ancestry are in most cases willing to reach out to give assistance. Likewise, some will also ask for help. My experience with ancestry has also helped me refocus my energy into a legacy that I can pass on to future generations and pass the torch. I have even considered doing my passion on a full time basis. I recommend Ancestry, if you have a passion to find your family’s beginnings. Thank you.

   John McClain Sr · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5CONSTANT problems.

   As usual, this app is riddled with problems. The hints no longer contain the links to the information, so if there is a hint for, say, a Find a Grave profile, I can’t tap the button to go look at the Find a Grave profile (which almost always has a lot more information). The button isn’t there. Same thing for hints that I’ve saved to an Ancestry profile- no links. I also can’t upload any photos. I can open the gallery in a profile, and I can tap the “+” to add a photo, but when I try to tap the photo I want to upload, nothing happens. I’ve tried many times over the last week, and no matter what I do I can’t upload. I use an iPad Pro with super fast WiFi; the problem is not my equipment, it’s the app. I use this app literally every single day, and I’ll never ever understand how an entity as enormous as Ancestry has SO MUCH TROUBLE making an app that works well. We spend a LOT of money for your service. We should be able to use it conveniently on the app. All of my other apps work great. This is the only one that has been consistently buggy for years, and it’s the only service I pay this kind of money for. It’s so frustrating. You’d think you’d want your users to be able to, you know, use your app. And of course you can’t just send a help message to Ancestry. That doesn’t exist. You have to call and sit on hold forever, only to be told that they are “always working to improve the app.” I keep waiting for them to finally get it together and make an app that works consistently, but it’s been a lot of years, so I guess I won’t hold my breath. It’s time to hire a new tech team, Ancestry.

   MindieKaye · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5My Favorite

   I have been using ancestry for many years now. By the time I became interested in research, and had the time? Sadly my parents, grandparents and most of my parent’s siblings were no longer living. A family Bible, and a family tree existed, but were never shared, on one side. Over the years ancestry has improved and is a joy to use. As with anything, you learn by trial and error. I have my dad’s side back to before the year 1,000, they were in England. I love history and details, so it is perfect. You can start a tree for free. It is the wonderful research capabilities that you pay for. If you have your settings set to public, you will eventually be able to connect with cousins and others. Please prove your work with census, birth, death, marriage, military and other records. And be careful about using info from other people’s family trees. Use only those with records proving their info. If you want an accurate tree. I have a huge tree on my dad’s side, with thousands of people. My mom’s side has been a bit more more challenging. I use the international version. I have reconnected with cousins I met as a baby, an uncle and many others. I hope that you try it, utilize it fully, and enjoy your journey.

   WindyWordz · 30 Aug 2026

4. 3/5Good but not great :(

   I don't normally write reviews but i feel like what has happened with this app deserves one. They change your DNA results very often. I went from having over 40% Scottish ancestry to having 20% then suddenly having cornwall and the czech republic as ancestry matches. If this is from a dna strain then our results should not change this drastically. Also the many stories i have from my family history are all from Scotland and Ireland. I am second generation Scottish immigrant so how is this even possible? My grandparents immigrated to America. And my great grandparents on my on my fathers side escaped the Irish famine. Another problem i have noticed is the traits are very wrong, for example - it says i do not have freckles, i have many many freckles. I am extremely athletic but the app says i have leas athletic ability then the normal human when i actually have better endurance than most, i absolutely hate the taste of cilantro it tastes like soap to me - but the app says i love it, i have dimples but the app says i do not, i have adhd and cannot focus but the app says it is easy for me, i cannot handle hot weather but the app says i have good heat tolerance, mosquitos eat me alive but the app says i am less likely to be bit by them. Everything seems wrong and backwards and i am upset because i paid for the traits. Unfortunately if this is truly a dna test these things should not be changing

   SuzFlower · 30 Aug 2026

5. 2/5Takes time getting use to it

   Update Jan 2020. I’ve used this app for a bit over a year. I have it loaded on a tablet (iPad). It’s okay to use along with the web version on my pc, but I find it to be useless to use exclusively. I’m VERY disappointed with the full-access subscription, by the way. I wanted to be able to open newspaper obits, but for most of them (that I’ve tried) the full access ancestry membership isn’t enough. $200 for 6 months and I still can’t open the newspapers because to do so requires yet ANOTHER subscription. For me the full membership is a total waste. AND SUBSCRIBER BEWARE: The expensive subscription auto renews. When I checked about how to stop that from happening, I discovered that the only way to do that is to cancel the whole subscription and thereby FORFEIT THE REMAINING TIME and no refund. I didn’t expect a refund, but I thought I should be able to at least continue to use the subscription for which I paid until it “ran” out — but NO. I found out the subscription stops immediately. It’s suggested that - to get the full benefit of that expensive subscription- you need to wait until the subscription is ALMOST ready to renew then cancel it (so you are only “out” a few days of it). Unfortunately, when my subscription came about due to renew, my life became exceptionally busy — so I forgot to go online to cancel it. I remembered about it two days past the renewal. So I “get” to pay another $200 when a lesser level of access would do just fine. Not happy.

   BWKWJreader · 30 Aug 2026

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4.6 188777 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   Great but too expensive

   Vincent Martin · 31 Aug 2026

2. 3/5

   since the most recent update, it has trouble scrolling through the screen, and adding photo hints fails consistently.

   Denise Stahre · 31 Aug 2026

3. 1/5

   I had a subscription that only lasted two weeks and I kept getting attempted charges! isn't it supposed to be monthly?!

   Fatima Mazari · 31 Aug 2026

4. 5/5

   it's great!!!

   Robert Galloway · 31 Aug 2026

5. 5/5

   fantastic. helped me find my family after 43 years

   Kelly Dodgson · 31 Aug 2026

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