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African American Genealogy Platform

Discover Your Roots. Honor Your Legacy.

Join thousands of African American families building their family trees, connecting with relatives, and preserving their history for generations to come.

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Platform Features

Everything You Need to Trace Your Roots

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Family Tree Builder

Build Your Family Tree

Our intuitive tree builder makes it easy to add relatives, upload family photos, and document the stories that define your lineage. Start with what you know and watch your family history come to life.

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Find distant relatives, join family groups, and share your discoveries with others on the same journey. Our matching technology helps you find connections you never knew existed.

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Legacy Preservation

Preserve Your Legacy

Document family stories, upload historical photographs, and create a living archive that future generations will treasure. Your family's history deserves to be remembered and celebrated.

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How It Works

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Create Your Free Profile

Sign up in minutes. Tell us about yourself and the family surnames you want to research.

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Build Your Family Tree

Add relatives, upload photos, and document stories using our easy-to-use tree builder.

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Connect & Discover

Find relatives, explore historical records, and uncover the rich story of your ancestry.

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Thousands of families are already discovering their stories

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Families Finding Each Other

I found cousins I never knew existed — three generations of family I thought were lost. Black Ancestry gave me back a piece of myself I didn't know was missing.

Denise Washington
Denise Washington
Atlanta, Georgia

Tracing my family back to West Africa was something I dreamed about for years. This platform made it possible. I now know where my great-great-grandparents came from.

Marcus Johnson
Marcus Johnson
Chicago, Illinois

My grandmother always said we had family in Louisiana we'd never met. She was right. Black Ancestry helped me find them, and we had our first family reunion last summer.

Evelyn Carter
Evelyn Carter
Houston, Texas
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