Tell your family’s story and bring your past to life

Create your own unique Who Do You Think You Are? experience. Discover what shaped the lives of your family and watch your story unfold.

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How it works

YOU

You add everything you know about your family to our Who Do You Think You Are? Story builder.

WE

We add historical facts and events that tell you more about the world in which your ancestors lived. You can remove, swap and add to them throughout.

TOGETHER

We’ll create a unique visual timeline telling your Who Do You Think You Are? Story that you can share with family and friends.

Example stories

Matthew Pinsent’s Story

Matthew Pinsent, four times Olympic gold medal winning rower and broadcaster has traced his roots back to his great grandfather, Alfred.

Larry Lamb’s Story

Larry Lamb, actor and presenter, discovered that he descended from a line of entertainers.

D. Joshua Taylor’s Story

D. Joshua Taylor, star of PBS’s Genealogy Roadshow, has worked in family history his whole adult life. His story begins with New York fruit-peddler, Nathaniel ‘King’ Brown.

Sarah Williams’s Story

Sarah Williams, editor of Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, has traced her family’s story back to the birth of her maternal grandfather, Robert Ashley Baldry.

Explore your family history with Find My Past