The family tree you write together
Carried in Our Many Names.
Remembered in our words.
Breathe life into your collaborative family tree with the stories that hold the family together. More than a birth and death date, a dear one's life is every person's life they touched, quirks they developed and stories they passed down.
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Family trees here are for drawing emotional connections, not mere legal documents. Therefore, they can include adoptive and god parents, and so much more, if you choose to. Try this one.
Devraj Gopal
Told the best stories
1902 — 1968
Anjali Gopal
Sang at every wedding
1908 — 1994
Raj Gopal
Fisherman, joker
1934 — 2001
Leela Gopal
Keeper of the recipes
1940 — Present
Kavi Gopal
Left for Durban in ’61
1938 — 2020
Arvind Gopal
Writing it all down
You1968 — Present
Priya Gopal
Moved to Lyon
1972 — Present
“He kept peppermints in his coat pocket and had the driest humour on the island…”
— Sarah · family friend, on Devraj
It is all about the stories.
We remember a grandparent that passed away by the nickname they had for us, by the food they cooked best or by that one-time they posted images on public instead of private. Write down these stories for the next generation to get a glimpse of the person they were.
“She measured nothing, and the seven-cari came out perfect every single time.”
— Priya · granddaughter
“On the crossing he kept a diary. Forty years later he could still recite the first page.”
— Kavi · nephew
“Every Sunday he whistled the same sega on the walk back from the bazaar.”
— Sarah · family friend
You don't have to type it all in yourself.
Invite a relative to claim a card in the family tree and they can keep building on what you started. You may also invite non-family tree members, e.g. colleagues, friends or acquaintances, to leave a story on a person's card without giving access to your whole family tree.
to: leela.gopal@gmail.com
re: Memories of Devraj Gopal
Arvind is collecting the family's memories of Devraj Gopal, and would love to have yours.
Leela Gopal
Keeper of the recipes
You1940 — Present · claimed
Your family is your business.
You choose who is granted access to your tree and what permissions they are allowed. Our Many Names will never sell your family tree data to any third party.
Why “Our Many Names”?
A family tree is never a single line of names. It is a forest of them - entertwined and overlapping onto each other until we lose track of who the individual behind the name really was. Each of us carry a name that holds entire lineages - a single echo from our paternal or maternal side. Yet that surname is but a tiny fraction of the countless families, histories and forgotten lives that culminated into who we are, carrying fragments of our many names.
Your Our Many Names (OMN) family tree is about gathering the stories behind these names and ensuring their stories and testimonials are preserved for the next generations. More than a simple genealogical tree, OMN trees are living, growing artifacts that help you stay connected to your dear ones. The platform also provides the tools and data you need to celebrate important dates and make family gatherings special.
“The nuclear family is a very recent, and highly unstable, invention. For most of human history, we lived in extended families.”
— Carl Sagan
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Web Atelier ApS
Sponsor
Pays the bills and keeps it free for everyone.
Arvind Tacouri
Contributor
Kickstarted the project after realising his kids, growing up abroad, might never hear the old family stories.
Sandeep Ramgolam
Contributor
Gave the project a second life, a solid technical foundation, and the canvas you drag around.