Labels from your seat
Father, mother-in-law, niece, second cousin, cousin’s daughter. Step-family and co-parents-in-law included, worked out for whoever is looking.
A private family tree · No ads · Free
Your family, as it really connects.
Lineage is a beautiful, private tree where every relative sees how they’re related to everyone else. Open it, and the whole family arranges itself around you.
Sign in with Google or email. No credit card, nothing to install.
Live sample · The WhitfieldsTap anyone to see the tree through their eyes
See it as
Seen by Daniel: Thomas is their father.
- 60 secondsfrom invite to seeing the tree
- One linkis all a relative needs
- Zero adsand nothing public
- Any screenphone, tablet or desktop
How it works
From one person to the whole family in an afternoon
- 1
Plant the first branch
Add yourself, your parents, your partner. Portraits, birthplaces and stories go on each person’s card.
- 2
Send one link
Drop one invite link in the family chat, or pre-link a link to a profile so the right person lands in the right place.
- 3
Everyone finds themselves
Each relative signs in, picks their card or adds themselves, and sees the tree from their own place, tagged “You”, with every label from their point of view.
Made for families, not researchers
The warmth of an heirloom, the ease of an app
Genealogy tools are dense, ad-heavy and built for strangers. Lineage is built for the people who actually share a dinner table.
Faces and stories
Square-cropped portraits, life details, and the story behind a person, the part a spreadsheet of names always loses.
Private, always
Invite-only. Owners, editors and viewers. No public search, no DNA matching, no strangers browsing your relatives.
Edit history and undo
Every change is logged with who made it and when. Slip of the finger? Revert it in a tap.
A tree that moves
Pan, pinch and zoom a clean vertical canvas, elders on top. Select anyone and their line lights up in gold.
Your data is yours
Export the whole tree with its photos whenever you like, and import a backup just as easily.
For every generation
Easy enough for grandma. Powerful enough for the keeper.
The keeper
Builds the tree, adds photos, fixes mistakes and invites everyone. Full control, with undo for every change.
The contributor
A sibling or cousin you trust to add their own branch and photos. They can add new cards but only change the ones they created, never anyone else’s.
The elder
Opens an invite on their phone, signs in once and sees the tree, finding their card or adding themselves. Large cards, clear labels, nothing to learn.
Your family isn’t a data set.
No ads. No public search. No DNA matching. No selling what you share. Lineage exists to keep your family close, so a tree is visible only to the people you invite.
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Questions
Good to know
Is Lineage free?
Yes. There are no ads and no subscriptions, and your family’s details are never sold or used for targeting.
Who can see my tree?
Only people you invite. Every tree has one owner, any number of editors who add their own cards and can change only those, and viewers who simply explore. Nothing is public or searchable.
Do my relatives need to be technical?
No. An invite opens a page where they sign in with Google or an email and password, then land on the tree. If they aren’t on it yet, they add themselves in a minute. That’s the whole setup.
Is there an app?
Lineage works in any modern browser on phone or desktop today. Native iOS and Android apps are on the way, built from the same code so the tree looks identical everywhere.
Can I bring an existing tree or take mine with me?
Yes. Import a Lineage backup (photos included), and export your tree and photos at any time.
Start with you. The rest of the family follows.
It takes a minute to begin, and the stories will outlast all of us.