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Type a name, location or profession here, and people in the tree who match will appear below. Click on a result to find out more.

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Dimensions

A dimension is a custom way of categorising your ancestors so that you can create and share different views of your direct line.

Popular examples include country or town of birth, religion and eye colour, but you are not restricted to these. For more info please see this recent blog post.

Names to show in the tree when a dimension is displayed

Person name Selected dimension value

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{{ entry.name }} {{ getInstanceCount(entry.id, dindex) }}		{{ getInstancePercentage(entry.id, dindex) }}%

Set mitoYDNA kit numbers for

mitoYDNA Y-DNA ID number

mitoYDNA mitochondrial DNA ID number

mitoYDNA is a free online database for comparing mitochondrial and Y-DNA.
Read more about mitoydna.org

Create tree for

To make a tree with as the root person, please click the button below.

You will then be taken to the new tree. The colours will be retained; you can optionally apply a palette to the new tree. If you have people in this tree with pictures, this may take a moment or two.

Create new tree

Download a picture of your tree

Experimental: click the button below to make an image of your tree as a PNG graphic.

Please note:

This process uses your browser to generate the screenshot. If you're using Internet Explorer or Edge, the generated image may not be satisfactory and you might prefer to switch to another browser.
If clicking the button does not generate an image, there may not be enough memory. Try adjusting the 'generations' slider to show fewer generations, and then generating a new image.
To capture the fan chart, please switch to the fan view and use your browser's print function to generate a PDF.
This may not work perfectly for the largest trees.

Duplicate tree

To make a copy of this tree, please click the button below.

You will then be taken to the new duplicated tree. If you have a lot of images in this tree, this may take a moment or two.

Duplicate this tree

CSV file x

Brick Walls

The table below shows unknown parents of ancestors in this tree (most recent first).

Two most recent generations All brick walls

Generation	Brick wall

Tree Completeness

Generation	Ancestors identified	Tree completeness at this level

Pedigree Collapse

Name	Appears in the tree this many times

Palettes

Try a preset palette by selecting it below.

You can also edit each person's colour individually by clicking their name in the tree and clicking 'Edit or add notes'. This includes an option to apply this colour to the person's ancestors.

Note: clicking on a palette below will overwrite any existing edits you've made to colours in your tree! Your previous set of colours will be available in this list to go back to for a short time so long as you don't refresh the page.

To add parents for , click 'show in tree' below, hover over the name and click the 'add parents' button

In the Y-DNA path for

mitoYDNA Y-DNA kit

In the mitochondrial path for

mitoYDNA mtDNA kit

Pedigree collapse

This person appears in more than one place in your direct line.

Notes and other biographical info you update here will be updated wherever this person appears.

Dimensions

Notes

Surname clues

Load GEDCOM

Upload your family tree here.

Loading GEDCOM data. If you have a large file, this may take a little while

If you have any issues importing your family tree, I would be very grateful if you could email a copy to info@dnapainter.com for testing. Please mention that you're trying to make an ancestral tree and confirm the desired root person. Many thanks!

Sorry - there was a problem with your file. Either it wasn't a file the site can read, or there weren't any people in it.

Your file should be a GEDCOM file with the file extension '.ged' or '.gedcom'.

Please check the file and try again. If it's definitely a GEDCOM, please try re-exporting it specifying the UTF-8 character encoding if possible.

If you still have trouble, please feel free to email your file to info@dnapainter.com

Whose direct line would you like to import?

Type a name here and click on a result to select the person whose ancestors you'd like to import

Import settings

Overwrite Overwrite your existing tree This will delete any dimensions you have in this tree Keep existing tree, adding any new people

Privacy Replace the names of living people with “Living” Import the names and details of living people as is.

Generations Import up to 4th Great-Grandparent level Subscribe for access Import all available generations Notes Do not import notes Import notes

Welcome to ancestral trees

Thanks for checking out ancestral trees at DNA Painter. If you have any feedback, I'd love to hear it (email me at info@dnapainter.com). A summary of the main features appears below.

To close this window and start working with your tree, hit the escape key or click the 'X' at the top right. If you want to read it again, click the '?' icon at the top right. There's a short FAQ here.

GEDCOM

GEDCOM is a standard file format for family trees. If you have an existing family tree, whether you've created it using software on your computer (such as Family Tree Maker, Heredis or Rootsmagic), or on a website (such as Ancestry, Find My Past or MyHeritage), you will be able to export a copy in GEDCOM format.

DNA Painter will let you import that file, select a person within the tree, and generate a chart with their ancestors.

To start, click 'Load GEDCOM'. You can then click to browse for a file, or drag and drop a GEDCOM file onto the dashed area.

A simple and searchable one-page presentation of your ancestral pedigree in a 10-generation fan chart
Load a GEDCOM file or build your tree manually via a simple interface
Colour-code your ancestors with preset palettes or your own custom choices
Keep your tree completely private or share with the option to hide living people
Explore with DNA inheritance overlays and tree completeness report
Search by name or place name; switch easily between tree, fan and the elegant text view
Make notes on known and unknown ancestors and maintain your genetic family tree
Coming SoonComing soon: link your chromosome maps to a tree in order to sync data, colours and more...