You want us to talk about “Ancestry Login” for Ancestry.com customers and password reset. New customers won’t be left out. We’ll discuss how to create Ancestry.com login to order for your AncestryDNA kits to take your DNA sample and check it on Ancestry.com/activate.
Ancestry login is the combination of username (user ID) and password to access Ancestry.com site to order for AncestryDNA kits and check DNA result following the instruction on the kits to the portal to activate AncestryDNA on www.ancestrydna.com/activate.
Ancestry login starts from a free-trial without paying a dime. However, the premium membership on Ancestry DNA will only charge you at the end of the free trial.
While you want to upgrade your AncestryDNA account from free-trial to a premium membership you will be charged according to the plan you subscribed to.
The Ancestry membership plans range from a month to 6 months which is categorized under 3 plans which are:
- U.S Discovery plan.
- Wolrd Explorer.
- All Access.
For each of the Ancestry membership plan, the price varies.
Membership Plan | Monthly Membership | 6-month Membership |
U.S Discovery: Access all U.S. records on Ancestry | $24.99 After free trial | SAVE $50* $99 After free trial |
World Explorer: Access all U.S. & international records on Ancestry | $39.99 After free trial | SAVE $90** $149 After free trial |
All Access: Get full membership to: (i). Ancestry (ii). Newspapers.com Basic‡ (iii). Fold3.com | $49.99 After free trial | SAVE $100§ $199 After free trial |
Ancestry Login Free Trial
Here is how to create an Ancestry free trial account. No fee will be charged until after the free trial.
- Go to www.ancestry.com.
- Click “Free Trial” to the top right.
- Click “Start a free trial”.
- Enter your first name, last name, email, password, and click “save and continue”.
- Check “cards” as your “Ancestry Payment Method”.
- Provide card information.
- Fill your billing address.
- Click “Proceed to checkout”.
- Click “Order Now”.
Your free trial order will be confirmed and you will be taken to your Ancestry.com free trial confirmation page where you will have access to your basic information. However, at this time you will not be charged for creating your account. And if you do not want to be charged for this service you will have to cancel Ancestry free trial (No panic, we’ll explain that later).
Ancestry Family Tree
Here you can start to build your family with your Ancestry free trial account.
- Go to www.ancestry.com.
- Click on the “Sign in” to the top right.
- Enter your “Ancestry login” and click “Sign in”.
- Click “Start a tree”.
- Skip the family tree introductory video.
- Add yourself to start a family tree on Ancestry and click save.
- Add “Father” (check whether the person is living or not) and click “Save”.
- Click “Add mother”, provide the information and click “Save.
- Done.
Now, you can keep adding people to your Ancestry family tree, declare their status (dead or living).
Enable Ancestry Login Two-Step Verification
Here is your guide to enable two-step verification in Ancestry.com to protect your Ancestry from authorized login.
- Go to www.ancestry.com.
- Log into your Ancestry account.
- Click “Profile name >> your account”.
- Click the “Edit pencil” in “Your Account”.
- Click the “Edit pencil” in “Two-step verification”.
- Select your country code and your phone number.
- Click “Continue” to save.
Henceforth, whenever you want to log in to your Ancestry.com family tree account 6-digit verification code will be sent to the phone number you entered to be used as an additional security layer to access your Ancestry account.
Forgot Ancestry Login Password
You wouldn’t want to forget your Ancestry login password to keep logging into your account. However, if that has happened here is the solution.
- Go to Ancestry login portal.
- Click “Forgot Password”.
- Enter the “Email address” associated with your account.
- Click “Continue”.
- Enter the “Password Reset” code in your email address.
- Click “Continue”.
- Enter your new password and confirm the password.
- Click “Continue”
- Done
That is all. The old password will be replaced by the new password and you will be able to log into your Ancestry.com account successfully.
How to Cancel Ancestry Free Trial
The mistake you want to avoid is to leave your credit card linked to your Ancestry free trial account when you intend to cancel it. Ancestry.com will not bill your card until the free trial has expired. However, if you are planning to cancel your Ancestry free trial account before the end of the trial period kindly follow this direction.
- Go to www.ancestry.com.
- Enter your “Ancestry login” (username and password).
- Click “Sign in”.
- Click “Profile >> Your Account”.
- Subscriptions >> cancel subscription.
- Select the reason why you want to cancel your free trial.
- Click “Continue”.
- Click “Continue to cancel”.
- Click “Cancel my membership”.
- Done.
Your Ancestry free trial account will be cancelled and your card will no longer be charged at the end of the trial period.