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.

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.

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

I like all the options but can’t afford to upgrade at this time I used the Heritage DNA product before Ancestry, and my DNA results were very different The test itself was collected with a swab rubbed against side of mouth It showed I was 74% German. Ancestry was collected by spitting in a cup The results show I’m 70 % British, Irish, Scottish My father came from Reichert family, and my mom’s maiden name is King So both tests got the areas right However Heritage showed a very small % of British Isles ethnicity and Ancestry showed 4% German ethnicity I question the accuracy of basic DNA testing I contacted Ancestry with this question, and never heard back I will say that the Ancestry app has many more options for searching historical records, mostly in the USA Because this company started this market, the knowledge base is very extensive Also, the DNA database is very extensive if you are researching to build your family tree My desire is to search information from Germany in the 1800’s that is of particular personal value to me All in all, for those testing for the first time, Ancestry will have greater access of information You just have to pay membership fees to get that access I think the prices are too high for that However, you can opt for a monthly fee, search the records until you have all you need, and then cancel the membership You will continue to receive matches with people who may be related to you for free As more people test in the future this is an ongoing process