Everything you need to tell your family's story
Features that bring your family together
Kinstripe is built for the way real families share — not the way genealogists archive. Every feature is designed for parents, aunts, cousins, and grandparents to use without a manual.
Like Google Docs for your family
Real-time collaboration
Your aunt adds Grandma's maiden name from her phone. Your cousin uploads a wedding photo from a laptop. Updates appear live, with attribution and full undo history. No more sending files back and forth or maintaining the One True Spreadsheet.
- Live updates appear on every device
- Every change is attributed and reversible
- Conflict-free editing — multiple people can edit at once
- See who's online right now
More than just names and dates
Photos, stories & recipes
Family history isn't a database. Attach photos to any person — wedding, baby, graduation, the candid one Grandpa always laughed at. Record voice stories. Collect recipes. The tree remembers who contributed what, so cousins half a world away can hear stories in your grandmother's voice.
- Unlimited photos per person
- Voice notes up to 10 minutes
- Recipe cards with ingredients and method
- Source citations for serious researchers
See where your story spans the world
Family map & migration
See where your family lives today. Where they were born. Where they migrated. Watch animated paths across the globe — your great-grandmother's journey from Sicily to Sydney, your cousin's move to Berlin, all on one map.
- Interactive world map view
- Animated migration paths over time
- Filter by generation, branch, or era
- Privacy-respecting — addresses are coarse-grained
Your family's story, chronologically
Timeline view
Switch from tree to timeline and watch your family's history unfold. Births, marriages, moves, milestones — all on one scrollable timeline. Useful for school projects, eulogies, milestone birthdays, and just plain understanding.
- Births, marriages, deaths, and custom milestones
- Filter by branch or person
- Print as a wall poster
- Share a private link with non-members
Your family's data is yours
Privacy first
No ads. No data selling. No "AI training partnership" with anyone. Your data is yours. We're GDPR compliant by design, health information is encrypted at rest, and you control who sees what at the person and field level.
- No ads, ever
- No data sold or shared with brokers
- Per-person and per-field privacy controls
- Health data encrypted at rest
- GDPR + CCPA compliant; export or delete anytime
Connect trees without merging
Bridge families together
Your aunt has her own tree. Your in-laws have theirs. Connect them with a Bridge — a respectful link that lets each family control its own data while sharing the parts they choose. No more arguments about "whose tree this is."
- Each family stays in control of its own tree
- Choose exactly what to share, per relationship
- See bridged people inline as if they were yours
- Disconnect anytime — no orphan data