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How we keep your family story honest.
Every family book Roots We Planted produces passes through a layered process designed to honor what's true, label what's uncertain, and never invent what we don't know.
Genealogical accuracy: three layers, never invention.
The biggest risk in AI-generated family history is the temptation to fill gaps with fluent guesses. We don't. We tag what we can't verify, and we tell you about it.
1. AI inference
First pass — pattern matching against archives
Our pipeline cross-references your materials against public records, census data, immigration archives, military rolls, newspapers, and other historical sources. The AI proposes connections and flags every claim with a confidence score.
2. Genealogist review
Human expert verifies, sources, or rejects
A trained genealogist reviews every inference. Anything verified gets a citation. Anything weak gets sent back for more sources. Anything that can't be verified at all gets tagged "unverified" — never invented.
3. Customer clarification
You see the gaps, and you decide
You receive a clear summary of what we found, what we couldn't verify, and where we have questions. You fill in what you know. Anything still uncertain is honestly labeled in the final book.
We never invent facts to fill gaps.
If we can't verify it and you can't confirm it, it's either left out, told as family lore (and labeled as such), or marked “unverified” right in the book.
How we handle ancestors' voices.
Animated portraits can sound like the actual person — or like a thoughtful narrator. The choice is yours, and the defaults protect the ancestor.
- • Default: a curated narrator voice from our library.
- • Opt-in only: voice cloning requires your explicit consent and a recording you own.
- • Always labeled: the final book and digital archive disclose which voice was used.
How we handle sensitive material.
Every family carries hard chapters — loss, addiction, estrangement, displacement, painful religious history. We collect a Boundaries & Sensitivities brief during intake, and our editors apply it explicitly during the Editing & Sensitivity Review stage before any draft reaches you.
You tell us what to handle gently, what to omit entirely, and which audiences (children, estranged relatives) need additional care. We honor that.
Who actually reviews your book.
AI does the heavy lifting on organization, transcription, and first drafts. Real people make every final call:
Genealogist
Verifies every claim, sources what they can, rejects what they can't.
Editor
Shapes the narrative, applies the tone you chose, polishes every line.
Designer
Lays out the book, pairs photos with text, restores images.
Customer success
Reviews the manuscript with you, runs revision rounds, manages delivery.
See a sample of what we deliver.
Spreads, family trees, animated portraits, and Chronicle volumes — placeholders today, real assets soon.