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Life & fun · August 26, 2026

Ancestree – Give your family members biographies

Every time I talk to my older family members, especially my grandparents, I find out a new super interesting fact about them. Last week: my Croatian grandfather served in the French marine corps... Not worth mentioning I guess. I realized that these stories are passed down only by re-telling them. Just think about how much you don't know about your family from 2 generations ago. For this reason, I created ancestree.marindedic.com It's a really cool family tree creation app, where each person gets their own book. Inside it, write what they did, what happened to them, what they were like...…

In plain words

Ancestree is a family tree application that lets users create biographical entries for each family member alongside their genealogical connections. Users can document stories, accomplishments, and personal details about relatives in individual "books" within the tree structure. The application runs entirely in the browser with no accounts or servers required, allowing users to export family trees in standard or detailed formats, or compile individual biographies. It is designed for people wanting to preserve family histories and stories before they are lost to time.

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From the sources

A family tree where every person carries a book of their life. Runs entirely in your browser.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Every time I talk to my older family members, especially my grandparents, I find out a new super interesting fact about them. Last week: my Croatian grandfather served in the French marine corps... Not worth mentioning I guess. I realized that these stories are passed down only by re-telling them. Just think about how much you don't know about your family from 2 generations ago. For this reason, I created ancestree.marindedic.com It's a really cool family tree creation app, where each person gets their own book. Inside it, write what they did, what happened to them, what they were like... whatever you want. Little biographies of your loved ones. Apart from exporting normal and detailed versions of your family tree, you can even export someone's chapters as one long biography. Of course, open-sourced, no account, no server. Nothing you draw or write ever leaves your browser.

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