Ancestry.co.uk Reviews 

Good Company with lots of answers for my research.

Having found out that my father was not my biological dad but my DNA found my biological father who new about me ut was an American airforce,e lives in Immingham Alabana,II have half sister and brother and a very extended family,My sister watsap me almost every day,my father is 87, they have embraced me, it been a wonderful experience,,

The good stories are easy to find but the really interesting ones, the skeletons in the cupboard, that our parents and grandparents tried to hide from us are difficult to discover.
Ancestry made such discoveries possible.
The truth, the reality emerged.
For example, yes, my paternal grandfather did spend his childhood in a Workhouse and, much later, some months in prison for theft. Life has many facets: Ancestry can highlight the spectrum of life.

Mostly a great experience. I find the hints are a great help and like to use Pro Tools to see where most of my hints are. Some of the hints are completely unrelated and can also be for a different person in the same tree.

Unfortunately the AI keeps bringing back wrong ancestors that look incredibly correct. I have now started to see so many trees that are wrong where people are simply trusting AI to give them the correct information rather than investigating it;

Since being on ancestry, I've found out so much on my parents family. Found family and been in contact with them. Done my Dna, which really helps finding more family love looking at the history of everyone, homes they lived in, places they were buried. Looking at where they were born. It's a great journey.

my experience with Ancestry talking to somebody and get the answers that I had been struggling with for many weeks has been excellent. I hope now I’ll be able to move on with my family tree

I sent my saliva sample on the 15th June J3F-3G2Z-4D2S and I have yet to receive a result

Always very pleased with your service. Generally, I can cope with the 'hints' but often feel overwhelmed with the number of them! Made some good discoveries though. Got a DNA test for my wife which proved who her maternal grandfather really was. She was very pleased with that!

Ancestry has allowed me to find out in detail the past lives of my family. The information I have gathered has given me an insight of where my ancestors lived, their jobs, their relationships and in some cases how they excelled and contributed to society.

Excellent service at all times.
Been a member for many years.
ALWAYS UPDATING AND IMPROVING THE RECORDS.
Prepared to discus renewal subscription costs.

I've been with ancestry for 6 years now and while the journey has been difficult at times I feel I have a good framework on my paternal and maternal sides. With no parents, aunts or uncles to draw on the journey has been eye opening with the help of census information etc. The hints system has helped solve some discrepancies along with the release of new records. The ability to share and contact other family tree owners is also very useful, as one kind person commented on a wrong date for a relative on my maternal side and with the new date I was able to remove that brick wall. That kind person also happens to be a half cousin as confirmed from my recent dna results. I found out I had a first cousin on my paternal side during a recent cross referencing of the family tree and my dna results put him at the very top of my living ancestors - we are due to meet up soon. Famous ancestors being flagged up by ancestry have been a revelation and, apart from being quite exciting, put a whole different aspect in to how the families have developed over time. I have been surprised at the number of cousins that are out there and their global spread and this is more impetus to carry on and engage my children and their children with the information.

Available databases are excellent but the AI generated hints are not great - I've been getting suggestions of census matches for after people were dead and it seems to think Patrick and Peter are the same name. Where there are twins in my family tree the hints appear on the wrong one even though the christian names are not similar.

I have been on Ancestry for over 20 years. But I am considering moving to another F.H. site. IMO the system developers appear to be too obsessed with making changes, just for change sake. These changes do not appear to have made the site any more stable and have caused functionality to be lost. Its real shame as it used to be brilliant.

Fed up of Ancestry sending me ‘Hints’ regarding my daughter who sadly died in 2021.
I do not need to be reminded of her birth, marriage or death and I have messaged Ancestry more than once asking them not to send these ‘Hints’ which are upsetting and in my opinion heartless.
There must be some way these hints can be disregarded when I have particularly requested this.
It spoils my enjoyment of family history, many of my ancestors lost children but I’m sure others will agree that I certainly do NOT need a reminder.

The numerous new hints helped to confirm what, in some cases, is passed down as family story and, in one case, informed of a death.

Building on my initial research at Taunton Records Office, I used Ancestry.Co.Uk and Newspapers.com to trace my paternal line back to my 4th great grandmother who was transported to Sydney, Australia! She left behind 3 children, the baby being my 3rd gt grandmother.
One of my daughters lives in Sidney, and her research soon revealed positive outcomes. More children were born after she'd done her time. The females went on to marry significant men in the development and infrastructure of Sydney. Consequently, much is written about them, providing a fascinating insight into their lives.
As is the way, as we are descendants of the baby left behind, no riches, land or status passed our way.

I have been a member now for over 15 years. Each time there is an update to the site it seems to make researching more difficult and less user friendly. They seem to change things for the sake of change, usually for the worse in my experience.
There are so many errors in people's trees which the system then promotes as hints, so perpetuating errors.
Ditch the AI and leave humans to do their own research with the good set of proper records available.

There seems to be more information available in the form of documentation. I can then use it to research the background of ancestors and build a more detailed picture of their lives. Eg. Irish tenancy valuation reports.

A couple of years ago it would have been 5 stars but not now as the website modifications make things more complicated and things I used to have included now have to be paid for which makes my research less affordable. One thing that would be useful is missing, a function to return to the top of a page at just a click. I was thrilled with my initial DNA report as it fitted well with my family tree but updates I've received in some cases bear no likeness to my knowledge of my roots .No way do I have roots in Eastern England or the north.I loved Ancestry when I first subscribed but don't find it as loveable as I did any more. Sorry but I am being honest and as an oap with limited income don't find it good value for money as much as it was. Sometimes a backward move is an improvement.