RootfableYour family’s story,
kept in one living tree.
A private home for your family history — an explorable chart, the photos and stories behind every name, and a way for the whole family to help it grow without anyone breaking it.
Free for trees up to 250 people — no credit card to start.
A chart people actually explore
An interactive pedigree that starts centred on you and opens branch by branch — thousands of relatives without a tangle of lines.
“How are we related?”
Pick any two people and see the exact chain between them, drawn on the chart — the question every reunion asks, answered in one tap.
Photos, stories & documents
Every person is a place to keep the things worth keeping: portraits, letters, war records, the story only Grandma knew.
Everyone contributes, admins approve
Family members suggest people, dates, and corrections. Nothing goes live until a family admin approves it — the tree stays trustworthy.
Bring your research with you
Import a GEDCOM from Ancestry or FamilySearch. New relatives are matched against your tree and queued for review — no duplicate chaos.
Private by design
Each family lives in its own isolated database. Your tree is not a social network, not searchable, and never shared across families.
Checks that catch mistakes
A parent born after their child, a county that didn't exist yet, the same spouse entered twice. Rootfable finds them and turns each into a task a relative can pick up.
An assistant that knows your tree
Ask how two people are related, or walk through the open questions together. It suggests fixes with sources; your admins still decide.
Use it from Claude or ChatGPT
Connect Claude, ChatGPT or any AI app that supports MCP. Let it research your family online and file what it finds as suggestions, each with its source. Your admins approve every one, and any change can be undone later.
Your family's story is never locked in.
One click downloads the whole thing — every person, photo, document and recorded clip — as an archive built on the modern GEDCOM 7 standard, readable by any genealogy program. Read the Open Data Promise →
Simple, per-family pricing
One plan covers the whole family — unlimited members on either tier. No per-person fees, ever.
Free
$0
- One family space
- Up to 250 people in the tree
- 1 GB of photos & documents
- Unlimited family members
Family
$5.99/mo
or $59/year — about 2 months free
- Unlimited people in the tree
- 10 GB of photos & documents
- Full GEDCOM import
- Unlimited family members
- The tree assistant: ask questions, review tasks together
- Connect Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP app to research and suggest
How it works
- 1
Create your family space
Pick a name and a private web address for your family.
- 2
Add your people
Import a GEDCOM export, or start from a single person and grow.
- 3
Invite the family
Members sign in with their email, find themselves on the chart, and start adding what they know.
Questions families ask
- Is my family tree private?
- Yes. Each family lives in its own isolated database, and only the people you invite can see it. Rootfable is not a social network: your tree is never searchable and never shared across families.
- Can my relatives add to the tree?
- Yes. Any family member can suggest people, dates, photos, stories and corrections. Nothing goes live until a family admin approves it, so the tree stays trustworthy as it grows.
- Can I import my existing research?
- Yes. Import a GEDCOM export from Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage or any genealogy program. New relatives are matched against your tree and queued for review, so there is no duplicate chaos.
- Can I get my data back out?
- Always. One click downloads your whole family — every person, photo, document and recorded clip — as an archive built on the GEDCOM 7 standard, readable by any genealogy program.
- Can I use it with Claude or ChatGPT?
- Yes, on the Family plan. Add Rootfable as a connector in Claude, ChatGPT or any AI app that supports MCP, and sign in to Rootfable when it asks. The app can read your tree, research your family online, and file what it finds as suggestions with their sources. Nothing changes until a family admin approves it, an approved change can be reverted later, and the app never sees the details of anyone who may be living. Disconnect it at any time.
- What does it cost?
- Free for one family space with up to 250 people, 1 GB of photos and documents, and unlimited members. Rootfable Family is $59 a year (or $5.99 a month) for unlimited people and 10 GB.