genesreunited.co.uk, search site for lost relatives

How many of us actually know everything there is to know about our heritage and the families we marry into? I would suggest not many people and looking into my family tree and the history behind it is something I have always wanted to do. We hear stories of people finding out some really hard truths and discovering long lost relatives and the BBC programme "Who do you think you are" really spurned me on to look a little closer into my family. That is when I joined Genes Reunited. Genes Reunited is the sister site of Friends Reunited and it goes along the same premise, you join up and start ... more

www.genesreunited.co.uk A fabulous idea, from the same people who bring you www.friendsreunited.co.uk This site does not only allow you to track your earliest and possibly first pair of levis, but it actually allows you to trace your family tree as well, which more and more people are starting to take an interest in these days. I stumbled across it I think, after being sent an up-date from friends reunited one day. I only ever joined that particular site because my mates insisted I did, and it is good for nosing on what some of your acquaintances from school and university are doing. However ... more

Genes Reunited is one of the best websites for all those tracing their family tree. Genes is a website that enables the user to produce their own family tree and then search for links with other members trees in hope of meeting a long-distant cousin who has more information than you. From experience I can say that this feature is simple to use and the responses from your tree are easily managed through Hot Matches, a system were Genes searches other trees for you. Members can then send and receive messages from people who have a common relative on their tree and hopefully uncover new paths ... more