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Genealogy, records & ethnicity: find relative & ancestor stories for your tree
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Oct 9, 2026
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I have been an ancestry member for years. Today I decided to cut my 6 month subscription because I have not used the app for a while and I wanted to save some cash. That's when I am told the subscription is cancelled immediately and there is a $25 early cancellation fee. This feels like a total scam to me and highly unethical. The difference in price between monthly and every 6 months is $3.00. So by cancelling early I ended up paying the equivalent of spending $4.16 month to save $3.0
7 people found this review helpful
bill dean
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August 10, 2026
Pretty rich UX but information organized somewhat unintuitively. I really don't like how you buy an expensive kit and then are hit with expensive and recurring subscriptions to unlock features.... Many of which you won't use every day. Also, why keep asking me questions that improve the product for free for you (e.g., relationships, facts about people) yet you keep nickle and dining me.
11 people found this review helpful
Ancestry.com
August 13, 2026
Hi there,
Thank you very much for taking the time to leave this review. We are sorry to hear that you are having issues with your account. We're happy to help.
We'd encourage you to contact our team. Our agents, would be happy to assist you with this.
https://support.ancestry.com/s/contactsupport
Ancestry App Team.
Kristen
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August 1, 2026
useful program but really glitchy app. often won't open the person's profile. just spins and spins. also when in the tree, if you expand multiple ancestors (especially if there are possible parental matches), the boxes often don't move over with the person and overlap each other, making them impossible to use. and moving around in the tree is really difficult. keeps snapping back to an earlier position and won't let me navigate
6 people found this review helpful
Ancestry.com
August 5, 2026
Hi there. We are sorry to hear you are having issues with the App. Please try the troubleshooting steps here, https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Troubleshooting-Ancestry-Apps
If the issue persists, please email our mobile team on mobileapps@ancestry.com. Please include app & OS version, device type, ancestry username
Ancestry App Team