KinLore is an autonomous AI researcher that digs through public records, census data, and historical archives — then writes the real narrative about your family. Not a database. Not a chart of names.
A story that makes you feel something about the people who came before you.
Free skeleton report instantly. Full narratives from $29 — one-time, not a subscription.
"Your great-grandfather Enzo Ferraro arrived at Ellis Island in October 1903, during a wave of 800,000 Southern Italian immigrants that year alone. He settled in Gaston County, North Carolina, where the Loray Mill had just expanded to become the largest textile plant under one roof in the world. He wasn't wandering. He was chasing the boom."
Enzo Ferraro. Born 1879, Calabria, Italy. Arrived US 1903. Died 1952, Gastonia, NC.
The full picture. Why they left. What they found. What was happening in that town, that decade, that culture. The human story behind every record.
Beautifully formatted, printable, and built to be shared. Here's what a KinLore narrative looks like:
Enzo Ferraro didn't leave Calabria on a whim. In 1903, Southern Italy was hemorrhaging population—over 800,000 Italians crossed the Atlantic that year alone. The land reform promised after unification never materialized, and the agrarian economy couldn't sustain families like his.
When Enzo arrived at Ellis Island in October, he was part of the largest single-year wave of Italian immigration in U.S. history. But he didn't stay in New York. He pushed south to Gaston County, North Carolina, where the Loray Mill had just expanded to become the largest textile plant under one roof in the world.
Census records place him in a mill village boardinghouse by 1910, working as a loom operator alongside 127 other Italian immigrants in a county that had barely seen Southern Europeans before 1900. His trajectory mirrored thousands of others: transatlantic passage, industrial labor, slow assimilation.
What makes his story remarkable isn't exceptionalism—it's specificity. The economic forces that moved him. The town that absorbed him. The mill that employed him. The decade that defined him...
A grandparent's name, a rough date, a place. Even fragments work.
We instantly confirm identity, county, occupation, and household size — plus one compelling hook.
Pick The Full Story ($29) or White Glove Edition ($99) for a deeper, multi-generational narrative.
A real narrative with historical context, timeline, sources, and a Family Knowledge File you can keep forever.
Ancestry charges $50/month for a database you search yourself. We do the research and write the story — for a fraction of the price.
Every tier starts with the free skeleton. See what we find, then decide.
Everything you get in each tier, side-by-side
| Feature | Free Skeleton | The Full Story | White Glove |
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| Identity confirmation | |||
| Location & occupation | |||
| Compelling narrative hook | |||
| Instant delivery | |||
| Full narrative (3,000+ words) | |||
| Historical & sociological context | |||
| Timeline visualization | |||
| Source citations | |||
| Family Knowledge File | Enhanced | ||
| Delivery time | Instant | 24-48 hrs | 3-5 days |
| Military records | |||
| Newspaper records | |||
| Deed records | |||
| Multi-generational expansion | |||
| Extended narrative (4,000+ words) | |||
| Source document images | |||
| Research gap analysis |
The Full Story comes in a gift package for $49 — premium formatting, a personalized cover, and a "gifted by" inscription. It's a present that actually means something.
Birthday, anniversary, retirement, holidays. Or just because they deserve to know where they come from.
Order a gift →Premium formatting, personalized cover, "gifted by [your name]" inscription
Every ancestor placed in the world they actually lived in. Economic booms, wars, migrations, cultural shifts. The why behind the where.
Deep-dive narrative reports you buy once. No $50/month subscription to search a database yourself. Pay for insight, not access.
A portable file you can use in any chatbot or AI assistant. Ask follow-up questions about your family forever — your research travels with you.
Every claim linked to the record it came from. Census entries, ship manifests, parish registers. We show our work.
You submit basic ancestor information (name, date, location, relationship). Our AI researcher searches through census records, vital records, immigration documents, military files, deeds, and historical archives. It then writes a narrative report placing your ancestor in their historical context — not just who they were, but why they made the choices they did.
You get a free teaser first to confirm we found the right person, then decide if you want the full story.
We pull from U.S. census records (1790-1950), immigration manifests, naturalization records, vital records (birth, marriage, death), military service files, deed records, newspaper archives, and parish registers. The White Glove tier expands into military documents, property records, and newspaper mentions.
The free skeleton report is instant — you'll see results in seconds. The Full Story ($29) delivers in 24-48 hours. The White Glove Edition ($99) takes 3-5 business days due to deeper research and expanded sources.
If we can't locate your ancestor in the records, we provide a research finding explaining what we searched, why it didn't produce results, and recommendations for next steps. This isn't a failure — it's valuable information about where gaps exist and what alternate paths might work.
No-hit scenarios are rare but honest. You won't be charged for a narrative we can't write.
Ancestry gives you access to a database for $50/month — you do the searching, the connecting, and the interpreting. KinLore does the research for you and writes a narrative report with historical context for a one-time fee starting at $29.
Think of it this way: Ancestry is a library card. KinLore is hiring a historian to write the book.
Free Skeleton: Instant identity confirmation, location, occupation, household size, and one compelling hook.
The Full Story ($29): 3,000+ word narrative with historical context, timeline, sources, and a Family Knowledge File. Census-anchored research.
White Glove ($99): Everything in The Full Story plus military records, newspaper mentions, deed records, multi-generational expansion, 4,000+ words, source document images, and research gap analysis.
Yes! The Full Story comes in a gift package for $49 — premium formatting, personalized cover, and a "gifted by [your name]" inscription. It's perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, retirements, or holidays. The White Glove tier can also be gifted.
Yes. Your submission data and reports are stored securely. We don't share, sell, or monetize your family information. Your research is yours — we're just the ones who wrote it.
Not just names and dates on a chart. The full, specific, human story of why your people ended up where they did, and what the world looked like when they got there.
Start free. See what we find. Then decide if you want the full story.
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