Mitakuye Oyasin
All My Relations
"Mitakuye Oyasin" is a Lakota phrase expressing the belief that all living things are related — that kinship extends beyond family to encompass every person you will ever meet. This product honours that philosophy by helping any two strangers discover the ancestors they already share.
How it works
Three steps from a name to a shared story.
Build your tree
Upload a GEDCOM file from any genealogy app, or add ancestors manually. Your data stays private until you choose to connect.
Connect with someone
Show a QR code or scan theirs. The moment you connect, our algorithm walks both family trees and finds the lowest common ancestor.
Read your shared story
A narrative is woven from your overlapping ancestry — names, places, and historical context — so the relationship feels real, not just a label.
Your ancestors belong to you
Living relatives are never shared without your consent. Every person in your tree is private by default. Visibility is enforced at the database level — not just in the interface — so a misbehaving client cannot leak your data. Indigenous and cultural protocol users can further restrict specific branches to community-controlled access lists.
- ✦GDPR Art. 9 compliant — genetic-adjacent data treated with care
- ✦Full data export (DSAR) and account deletion on request
- ✦No selling of genealogical data — ever
- ✦CARE Principles & OCAP® cultural privacy mode
Begin with a single name
Every family tree starts with one person. Add yourself, then your parents, and let the connections reveal themselves.
Get started — it's free