How old was everyone, when it happened. Here are the common questions.
It is a simple way to see how old everyone in your family was at any moment that mattered. You add the people you love with their birthdays, add life events with their dates, and FamilyTreeTime shows everyone's age at every event. Births, weddings, graduations, moves, whatever you want to remember.
Just a web browser. There is nothing to download or install. Open familytreetime.com and start adding people.
No. You can start right away with no sign up, and your timeline is saved on the device you are using. To back it up to the cloud and open it on other devices, upgrade for $5 and sign in.
Yes, to start. Free covers up to 5 people and 5 events, saved on your device. A one time $5 unlocks unlimited people and events plus cloud backup and syncing. There is no subscription.
Click "Load sample family" in the menu to see a fully built example, then clear it and add your own. Or just click "+ Person" and go.
Click "+ Person," enter their name and birthday, and pick how they are related to you. That is it. The relationship is just a label, so use whatever fits (Mom, Grandpa, best friend, even the dog).
Click "+ Event," give it a name and a date, and optionally a place. Everyone's age at that event fills in automatically.
Yes. When you add or edit a person, add the date they passed. FamilyTreeTime keeps showing their age up to that point, and can also show their "would have been" age at later events if you turn that on in the menu.
Yes. Click any person, event, or a cell in the grid to open and edit it. Everything recalculates instantly.
Yes, in a sense. A person's birth is a moment on the timeline too, so you can ask "how old was Grandma when Dad was born?" and it just works.
A grid with your people down the side and your events across the top. Each cell shows that person's age at that event, color coded by life stage. There is a "Today" column on the right so you can see everyone's current age at a glance.
The same information as a set of cards, one per event. Each card lists everyone's age at that moment, and notes who was not born yet. Nice for reading through your family's story event by event.
A quick question box: "How old was [person] when [event]?" Pick a name and an event and get a clean, shareable answer.
They are life stages: baby (0 to 1), child (2 to 12), teen (13 to 19), young adult (20 to 39), adult (40 to 64), and senior (65+). You can turn the colors off in the menu if you prefer plain numbers.
Yes. Use the year slider above the grid to scrub back and forth through time. The "Today" column updates to show ages "as of" the year you land on.
Yes. Use the A- and A+ buttons to shrink or grow the grid so more people fit or the numbers get bigger.
Yes. Use "Show / hide" to temporarily hide people or events without deleting them.
Yes. Open the menu and switch Theme between Auto, Light, and Dark. Auto follows your device setting.
Groups let you stack related people into labeled sections in the grid (like "Dad's side" and "Mom's side"). Open "Show / hide," click "＋ New group" and name it, then use the group dropdown next to each person to assign them. People in the same group appear together under a heading. On the Age Matrix, use the "Grouped / Flat list" button to switch between the grouped view and one plain list. Groups only organize the view; nobody is hidden or deleted.
By default, on the device you are using, right in your browser. It stays there unless you upgrade to cloud backup (part of the $5), or you choose to gift a copy to someone.
Cloud backup and syncing come with the $5 upgrade. Once you have upgraded and signed in (a link is emailed to you, no password to remember), your timeline backs up to the cloud and appears on every device you sign in on. On the free version, your timeline lives on the one device you are using.
No. You sign in with a one time link sent to your email.
It runs in any modern web browser, so yes. It is designed first for a larger screen like a computer or tablet, where the full grid is easiest to read.
Up to 5 people and 5 events, with all three views and every display option. You can also export a backup of your timeline anytime, for free.
Unlimited people and events, cloud backup and syncing across your devices, and Import / restore (loading a backup file back in). It is a one time payment, not a subscription.
You can export a backup anytime, even on free. Importing a backup file is part of the paid version.
The free tier lets you try the whole thing for real. Most families quickly pass 5 people, and the one time $5 lifts the limit forever.
One time. No subscription, no recurring charges.
Yes. Click "Gift for $5." Enter their email, and choose whether to send them a copy of your family or a fresh account to build their own.
"Send a copy of my family" gives them your timeline already loaded, as their own editable copy. "Start them fresh" shares nothing of yours; they just get unlimited access and build their own family from scratch.
They get their own separate, editable copy. They cannot see or change your account. It is a one time copy, not live sharing.
Yes. The gift link is a one time code tied to whoever opens it and signs in, not to a specific email address. Just do not open and redeem the link yourself first, or your account will claim it. You also get a copy of the link in your own confirmation email, ready to forward.
No. You paid the $5. They just open their link and sign in.
Yes. Your timeline stays on your device until you choose to create an account, and cloud data is tied to your account only. We do not sell your data. See the Privacy Policy for details.
Yes, anytime, free. Use "Export / back up" in the menu to download a copy of your whole timeline as a file.
Yes. "Import / restore" brings a backup file back in. Import is part of the paid version.
Open the menu and scroll to the very bottom. Choose "Delete my account," type DELETE to confirm, and click Delete. This permanently removes your account, your cloud data, and the copy saved on that device. It cannot be undone, so export a backup first if you might want your timeline later.
Your backup is a file (named like family-timeline-2026-07-05.json). To load it back into FamilyTreeTime, use "Import / restore." Importing is part of the paid version, so on a new free account you would upgrade to bring a backup in. Deleting your account is permanent, so keep that backup file safe.
The copy is delivered to the recipient once, then the temporary snapshot is cleared from our system. If you choose "Start them fresh," none of your family is ever copied.
$5, one time, for unlimited plus cloud. Gifts are also $5, one time.
Payments are one time and non-refundable, except where the law requires otherwise. If something went wrong with your purchase, email support@familytreetime.com and we will make it right. See the Terms for the full details.
Email support@familytreetime.com and we will help.
Double check the date. Dates are entered as month / day / year (for example 07 / 04 / 1938). If the day and month are swapped, the age will be off.
Make sure you are signed in with the same account on both. Your local, signed out timeline lives only on the device where you created it.
You have added 5 people or 5 events. The one time $5 upgrade lifts the limit and turns on cloud backup.
Check your spam folder. If it is not there after a few minutes, try again or email support@familytreetime.com.
Still stuck? Email support@familytreetime.com and we will help.