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Not a tree builder.
A research studio.

Genealogy software for people who care about evidence.

FamilyLegacy brings family records, source-quality checks, charts, reports, GEDCOM exchange, DNA notes, and an on-device research assistant into one Mac workspace. Core project data stays in a .familytree package; model downloads, FamilySearch, iCloud snapshots, and purchase infrastructure use the network only when needed.

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Core research stays on your Mac. Optional model downloads, FamilySearch, iCloud snapshots, and update checks are clearly initiated.

At a glance

What is FamilyLegacy?

FamilyLegacy is a local-first Mac workspace for genealogy research, GEDCOM exchange, source and citation management, charts, reports, DNA notes and quality checks. Its current release also documents an on-device research assistant on supported Apple-silicon Macs.

Platform
macOS 14 or later
Best for
Evidence-led family-history research and publishing on a Mac
Processing
Core projects, media, OCR and assistant work are stored and processed locally
Availability
Paid-upfront release candidate; public listing not yet live

Product facts reviewed against the current application repository on . See the verification method and corrections policy.

5 featured chart styles
2 release languages
Local research assistant
GEDCOM import and export
Paid upfront release plan
The workspace

Everything serious genealogists need.
Nothing they don't.

Six modes to view your data. A classic three-pane interface for daily research. An interactive tree canvas for exploration. Timeline, atlas, relationship, and pedigree views for different questions.

Research workspace

The interface PAF users will recognise. With everything they were missing.

Left column: pedigree. Centre: family group. Right: individual details with live editing. Events, sources, notes — all there without opening a separate window. Switch to tree mode for an interactive canvas. Switch to timeline for lifespan bars across a multi-decade axis. Six views. Same data.

  • Classic three-pane layout, familiar to PAF, Legacy, and Heredis users
  • Interactive pedigree canvas with pinch-zoom and mini-map
  • Timeline view with relational arcs showing marriages and family connections
  • Atlas mode to see all relatives laid out spatially by relationship
CLASSIC TREE TIMELINE PEDIGREE Jean Leclerc 1842 – 1918 · Lyon Henri L. 1815–1891 Marie D. 1820–1897 FAMILY GROUP Jean Leclerc 1842 · Lyon, France † 1918 · Paris, France MARRIED Hélène Moreau 12 Jun 1870 · Dijon CHILDREN (4) 1. Pierre Leclerc 1871–1942 2. Louise Leclerc 1873–1961 3. Georges Leclerc 1876– 4. Marguerite Leclerc 1880– EVENTS BIRTH 14 Mar 1842 · Lyon MARRIAGE 4 Sep 1869 · Dijon DEATH 2 Jan 1918 · Paris SOURCES (3) Acte de naissance 1842 Recensement 1861 Acte de mariage 1869 Quality score: 87 / 100
Chart & publication studio

Charts and reports you can actually hand to someone.

The release metadata highlights pedigree fan, ancestor tree, descendant tree, hourglass, and relationship-path views. Charts render as crisp vectors with pan, zoom, and minimap navigation, and the report tools turn research into material ready to print or share.

  • Five featured release chart styles, with additional layouts available in the workspace
  • Custom generations, density, colour scheme, label collision handling
  • Vector export and print-ready layouts
  • Reports for people, families, sources, quality checks, and research summaries
Leclerc Family — Pedigree (8 gen) Jean 1842 Henri L. 1815 Élise D. 1820 Thomas L. 1785 Anne M. 1791 Pierre D. 1798 Claire R. 1802 J.L. 1752 M.B. 1760 P.M. 1765 L.C. 1768 F.D. 1770 A.V. 1772 G.R. 1778 H.B. 1782 CHART TYPE Pedigree Descendant Bowtie Ancestor Circle Migration + 49 more EXPORT SVG PDF Print Max 8000px wide
Evidence & quality engine

Hypothesis tracking aligned with the Genealogical Proof Standard.

Attach sources to events, grade each piece of evidence on the standard quality scale (original, derivative, authored, negative), and build competing hypotheses for the same ancestral question. A continuous quality scan checks impossible chronologies, implausible ages, events without sources — and gives you a clear score out of 100.

  • Evidence items graded: original · derivative · authored · negative
  • Build hypotheses, attach supporting and contradicting evidence, track status
  • Quality center runs continuously — impossible dates, missing sources, duplicate clusters
  • Disposition system: mark findings as resolved, not an issue, or fix later
Data Quality Center QUALITY SCORE 87 out of 100 Errors 1 Warnings 3 Info 2 HYPOTHESES Born Lyon, Rhône — strong evidence 3 supporting · 0 contradicting · Accepted ACCEPTED Born Villefranche — conflicting records 1 supporting · 2 contradicting · In review IN REVIEW FINDINGS Birth after death — Marie-Anne Leclerc Birth 1888 recorded after death 1882. Review source documents. FIX NOW 7 events without source citations Events recorded but no archival source linked. Consider adding. FIX LATER 2 persons with no events recorded Henri Leclerc, 1785 and one other have no birth, death, or other event. NOT AN ISSUE Resolve all findings to reach a perfect 100/100 quality score
DNA & AI

DNA analysis and AI that
reads your documents.

Not a DNA testing service. Not a chatbot bolted onto a form. Tools for researchers who already have data and need to make sense of it.

DNA matching and analysis

Connect DNA kits from AncestryDNA, 23andMe, FamilyTreeDNA, or MyHeritage. Shared centimorgans, ISOGG relationship predictions, chromosome-level segment data, Leeds method clustering into four colour-coded groups, and an X-inheritance path analysis. Your matches placed directly onto a pedigree chart overlay.

AncestryDNA · 23andMe · FTDNA · MyHeritage

AI research assistant

Ask questions about your database in plain language. Generate narrative biographical summaries. Evaluate evidence, detect inconsistencies, normalise place names. Responses point back to people and events in the tree, but they are drafts and still need a researcher's review. The App Store build uses a bundled local runtime; optional model downloads require the network.

Local inference · Verify every conclusion

Document OCR — drag and index

Drag in a photograph of a church register, a census page, a handwritten letter. The Vision framework (macOS native) extracts text, identifies entities — people, places, dates, relationships — and indexes them automatically. Your scanned documents become searchable parts of your research.

macOS Vision · Runs locally · No upload required

Guest collaboration — pull request style

Create a review session, share a link with a relative or colleague. They submit suggestions — corrections, additions, questions. You review each one, accept or reject it, and accepted changes go into your database with a full audit trail. Creating or sharing a review snapshot may use iCloud; the release availability of this workflow is checked before publication.

Optional network feature · Release validation
Release channel

Release terms are still being validated.

The current submission is a paid-upfront Mac App Store app. The final local price is not published here until Apple's public purchase sheet is live.

Mac App Store
Paid upfront
No public price or download link until Apple's listing is verified.
  • Genealogy workspace and featured chart styles
  • Reports, timeline, relationship paths, and quality centre
  • GEDCOM 5.5.1 import and export
  • Local AI on supported Apple Silicon Macs
  • Photos, DNA notes, sources, and citations
  • Source citations and notes
  • English and French release interface
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Separate channel
Direct build
Not public
Direct licensing exists in the repository but is not advertised as a current offer.
  • Signed and notarised before any public distribution
  • External licensing and update checks are direct-build only
  • Exact device limits, term, price, and refund route shown at checkout
  • No direct checkout is live today
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Follow the FamilyLegacy release

The current repository supports a local-first research workflow, with optional connected features. A public build and checkout will be linked only after verification.

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Requires macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later · Apple Silicon and Intel supported

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