Explore without getting lost
Move through generations, collapse large branches and bring any person or relationship into focus.
For the family record you have carefully kept
The history you’ve kept.
Now theirs to explore.
Bring the GEDCOM you maintain into a private family space—clear for relatives to explore, governed by you and always exportable.
No public tree · Steward-approved access · Export anytime
All interface previews use synthetic names and data.
ALAnna Lee1934 — 2018
KLKai Lim1932 — 2009
JLJames LimBorn 1958
MTMei TanBorn 1961
ELEvelyn LimBorn 1987
DLDaniel LimBorn 1990
A family should not need desktop software and a page of instructions just to understand its own tree.
Let the steward keep authority—and let the family finally participate.
Illustrative imageBuilt from a real family problem
Preserve the steward’s work without preserving the workaround.
Kinonicle began with a large, complicated family archive: many generations, many branches and an existing digital record that relatives could barely explore.
The answer is not a public tree, another storage drive or uncontrolled editing. It is a private family chronicle: easy for relatives to understand, governed by the people entrusted with it and portable enough to hand on.
Why Kinonicle existsMade for real families
Clarity for everyone.
Care for the record.
Kinonicle pairs an unusually clear family tree with the quiet controls needed to maintain it responsibly.
Understand every connection
See how two relatives are connected in plain, culturally familiar language—with the path highlighted in the tree.
Keep one trusted record
Relatives suggest people, facts and stories. Family stewards review every contribution before it changes the archive.
A record worthy of being handed on
Names are the beginning.
Stories make them live.
Keep places, photographs, sources and family memories beside the people they belong to. Preserve the original context rather than reducing a life to dates.
Read the family-tree guideIllustrative family recordSynthetic example
Every Sunday, the whole family gathered at the house before lunch. The table was extended into the corridor so everyone could sit together.
LLLee LianSynthetic names · example memory linked to a photograph
Simple to begin
From family file to living record.
Rehearse the import
Bring a copy of the GEDCOM you already maintain. Keep the original, review the import and decide when the family space is ready.
Invite without losing control
Relatives explore privately. They can propose another invitation or contribution without changing the trusted record.
Steward one shared history
Approve access and contributions, preserve their source and keep a clear history of how the record grows.
The steward’s desk
The steward remains the steward.
See proposed invitations and contributions in context, decide who may enter the wider family space and maintain one clear history of changes. Participation expands without turning authority into a free-for-all.
Explore family stewardshipIllustrative steward overviewSynthetic data
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PrivateFamily record
4New this month
Needs your attentionLTBirthplace suggestedLee Mei Ting · submitted by LinaReview KLNew family memberConnected to the Lim branchReview
✓ Last backup verified 2 days ago
Made for families everywhere
Belonging has more than one language.
Kinonicle is being designed for multilingual names, different scripts, culturally familiar kinship terms, and blended, adopted and non-traditional families.
Family chronicle家谱Silsilah keluargaகுடும்ப வரலாறு
Private by design
Your family record is not public content.
Family spaces are protected. No tree is made public by default. Steward approval, change history and GEDCOM export keep the family in control.
Our security approachBegin your family chronicle
Start with the GEDCOM you already trust.
See the private setup before creating an account. Nothing is published and no relative is invited automatically.