GrandTreeYour family's story, in one private place.
GrandTree turns your family tree into a private website: explore it, watch it grow, invite your relatives and keep everyone connected. No ads, no data mining, nothing public.
Everything your family needs to stay close
Import the tree you already have (GEDCOM from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Geneanet and others) and your relatives get a simple site they will actually use.
Interactive tree
Zoom, search by name or year, follow any branch and share a link to a person.
Living history
Watch the family grow year after year, with lifelines across generations.
Family calendar
Birthdays and anniversaries, with subscriptions for your own calendar app.
Map
Where your family comes from and where it lives, through births, marriages and deaths.
Kinship finder
Find the family link between two people in one click.
Invite your relatives
By e-mail or a link. Each person signs in with a passkey, an authenticator app or a code by e-mail.
Built together
Members propose corrections and new people; the administrator reviews each change before it is published.
Family news
Announce a birth or a wedding to the relatives concerned, with optional notifications on the phone.
On every screen
Works on phone, tablet and computer, installable like an app, in French and English.
Up and running in three steps
We set everything up for you.
Send us your tree
A GEDCOM file exported from the software or website you use today.
We create your site
Your own private address and your own separate, encrypted data space.
Invite the family
Relatives join in two minutes. You stay in charge of who sees what.
Private, by design
Genealogy is personal. Each family has its own separate site and database; nothing is shared between families.
- Access by invitation only: nothing is public, nothing is indexed by search engines.
- Your tree is stored encrypted, hosted in the EU.
- Living relatives outside a member's close circle are shown with their name only.
- Passkeys and multi-factor sign-in for the administrator.
- No ads, no tracking, no selling of data. Your data belongs to your family and you can export it as GEDCOM at any time.
One simple price per family
Unlimited members. Your own address. Backups and updates included. 30-day free trial.
Monthly
Cancel at any time.
Yearly
Two months free.
- Free setup and import of your GEDCOM file
- Unlimited family members and branches
- Your own web address (yourfamily.grandtree.net)
- Updates, backups and support by message
How to pay during the pilot
GrandTree is run by an individual and is in its pilot phase, so payment is a simple personal bank transfer, not an online checkout.
- Message us to start your 30-day free trial. Nothing to pay yet.
- If you keep GrandTree, we send you transfer details in your currency: euros (EUR), US dollars (USD) or Canadian dollars (CAD), through a personal Wise account.
- You send the monthly or yearly amount from your bank or any money-transfer app, and we confirm it by message.
- Prices shown are in the currency of your country. Bank or transfer fees, if any, are on your side.
Prices include taxes where applicable. Early families get the first year at a pilot rate, just ask.
Questions
Which files can I import?
Any standard GEDCOM (.ged) export: Ancestry, MyHeritage, Geneanet, Gramps, Family Tree Maker and most other tools.
Who can see our tree?
Only people you invite. Each invitation is tied to one person, and you can disable an account at any time.
Can I leave and take my data?
Yes. The administrator can export the whole tree as GEDCOM whenever they want. If you stop paying, your site stays readable for 30 days so you can export it.
Is it for researchers or for the family?
For the family. GrandTree is not a records-search service: it is where you and your relatives explore, complete and share the tree you already have.
Who is behind GrandTree?
A personal project that started with one family's tree and grew into a service for others. You deal directly with its author.