Research beyond the family tree.
Bring the moving pieces of a genealogy investigation into one private workspace, examine competing possibilities, and preserve the trail behind your conclusion — without forcing your research into a tree before the evidence is ready.
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Organize people, records, DNA, evidence, hypotheses, contradictions, timelines, and reports in one case-centered workspace.
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What makes ProofTrail different
Case-Centric Architecture
Everything — evidence, people, DNA, hypotheses — lives inside one organized investigation case.
Evidence-First DNA Match Analysis
Import genealogy match/comparison reports and get AI-powered plain-English interpretations. Raw genotype files are not accepted.
Private by Default
ProofTrail does not publicly publish your investigations. Your research remains under your control, with processor access limited to operating requested features.
Keep the evidence, reasoning, DNA work, open questions, and research history connected while you work toward a conclusion.
Organize DNA matches, shared matches, chromosome data, and relationship evidence from any testing platform.
Keep every investigation organized in one place with structured workflows and lifecycle tracking.
Store documents, screenshots, PDFs, records, and research notes — all linked to the people and events they support.
Turn complex DNA and genealogy evidence into plain-English summaries with suggested next steps.
Extract historical events from evidence and build connected timelines — not just research activity.
Visually organize people, evidence, hypotheses, and leads for each case.
Create professional research reports from everything collected during an investigation.
Your investigations are not publicly published by ProofTrail. Cases belong to you and sharing remains under your control, subject to authorized service-provider processing described in the Privacy Policy.
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Built for investigators who need more than a family tree builder.
Cases belong to you. ProofTrail does not publicly publish your research unless you explicitly choose to share it through a supported feature. Authorized service providers may process information only as needed to operate requested features, as described in the Privacy Policy.
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