Love your tree.
Not the $389-a-year bill.
Ancestry is brilliant at one thing: selling you records, DNA kits and hints, on every screen, forever. But if all you want is a beautiful, permanent home for the family tree itself, you shouldn't have to rent it by the year. Import your GEDCOM, make something worth framing, and pay the price of a coffee a month — or nothing at all for your first hundred people.
The honest comparison
| Dynasty House | Ancestry | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4/mo or $40/yr, flat forever | $99–$389/yr, climbs at renewal |
| Free plan | Yes — up to 100 people | Tree is free, but records & hints are paywalled |
| Upsells on screen | None. Your tree. Nothing else. | Records, DNA, hints — constant |
| A tree worth framing | Pan-zoom, fan & pedigree, faces, time wheel | Functional, dated |
| Family page on the web | yourname.dynasty.house, living people auto-hidden | — |
| GEDCOM export | Free, complete, one click | Allowed, but buried |
To be fair: Ancestry's record archive and DNA matching are genuinely excellent — if you actively need those, keep a subscription there. If you need a beautiful, permanent, honest home for the tree itself, that's us.
Move in three steps
- 1 · Export from Ancestry. Open your tree → Tree Settings → Export tree. You'll get a
.gedfile: people, dates, places, marriages and notes. - 2 · Import here. Create a free account and drop the file on the import box. A 2,000-person tree lands in about five seconds.
- 3 · Make it yours. Run the free duplicate check, add photos, and publish your family's page if you like — living relatives hidden automatically.
Common questions
Will I lose my Ancestry record hints? Ancestry's records and DNA matching are strong — keep a subscription there if you actively use them. Dynasty House is the honest, beautiful, permanent home for the tree itself.
Is it really free? Free for up to 100 people, no credit card. Unlimited is a flat $4/month, and the price you join at is the price you keep.
What if you shut down someday? Your one-click GEDCOM export means you're never trapped — that's the whole point.
Your family is not a renewal fee.
Bring your tree home — free