01 A thoughtful prompt
Start with one question.
OriginTales gives your family a meaningful place to begin, shaped around heritage, migration, traditions, and identity.
For families whose stories cross borders
Give us 60 days.
We'll help you
preserve your
family story.
Your family's story didn't begin where you live today. Take 30 seconds to find out where to start.
It lives in the memories your parents carry, the languages they speak, the recipes they brought with them. OriginTales helps you bring those pieces together. 25 families. 60 days. Free.
30-second quiz · 60 days free · Your family can contribute from anywhere
You've felt this before
Your children are growing up somewheredifferent from where your story began.
- —Your parents live in another country.
- —Your children understand the family language but don't speak it.
- —There are recipes nobody has written down.
- —You've never thought to ask the questions you most want answered.
"My parents are getting older and each phone call feels like a race against time."
"Every year we spend away, the pieces of who we are slip a little further."
"I want my children to know they come from strength. Not just stories I half-remember."
Give us 60 days. We'll help you start preserving it.
Find Out Where to Start →Why OriginTales exists
This began with a question
I couldn't shake.
How much of my family's story will reach the next generation?
Like many families living across countries and cultures, ours held memories in different places, languages, conversations, and WhatsApp chats. The tools I found could record names and dates, but not the experience of belonging to more than one place. So I began building something different.
A private note from the person building OriginTales
Built for every diaspora
Different homelands.
Same desire to remember.
Nigerian. Mexican. Filipino. Indian. Jamaican. Korean. Ghanaian. Dominican. Pakistani. Ethiopian. Vietnamese. And countless others.
Our cultures are different. But many of us share the same experience: home can mean more than one place, and stories that felt impossible to forget can become surprisingly difficult to pass down.
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Europe
Middle East
A preview of OriginTales
From scattered memories to a story
your family can inherit.
You do not need to write a family history. Begin with one prompt, invite one person, and let the story grow from there.
02 Every voice, together
Let family answer their way.
Relatives can add voice notes, written memories, and photographs, wherever they live and in the language that feels natural.
03 Something to inherit
Watch the story take shape.
Scattered contributions become a living family archive and, when you are ready, a book the next generation can hold.
How Your 60 Days Work
Your family carries the stories.
We help you bring them together.
01
Find Your Story
Every family's story starts somewhere different. Take the short quiz and we'll help you find where yours should begin.
02
Let Them Tell It Their Way
Contribute by voice, text, or photo. In any language, even via WhatsApp. Their voice. Their language. Their story.
03
Bring Everyone Together
Your mother in Lagos. Your sister in London. Your uncle in Toronto. Your family doesn't need to be in the same room to preserve the same story.
04
Watch Your Family Story Take Shape
Over 60 days, individual contributions become something bigger. A living record of the people, places, traditions, and experiences that made your family who they are.
25 Founding Families
Let us help you preserve
your family story. Free.
We're inviting 25 families to begin preserving their stories with us, free. No writing experience required. No need to have everything organized. Just bring your family.
Your first 60 days
60-Day Family Story Journey
FREE
for 60 days
- A personalized Family Story Type
- Guided storytelling prompts for your family
- Voice, text, and photo contributions
- Multilingual storytelling
- Family contributors across countries and generations
- WhatsApp contribution options
- Your private family archive
After 60 days: $9.99 / month. Cancel any time.
Find Your Story Type →When you're ready
Your Family Book
Additional cost
One day, they won't just hear where they came from. They'll be able to hold it.
- Grandpa's childhood. Mom's migration story.
- Grandma's recipes and the traditions behind your celebrations.
- The places your family once called home.
- Professionally designed and delivered as a physical hardcover.
Family books are optional and purchased separately when your archive is ready.
Because family stories keep growing
Start with 60 days. Keep your family's story growing for generations.
Sixty days is a reason to begin. But family stories don't have an ending. After your free journey, keep collecting for $9.99/month. Cancel anytime.
Your family's story crossed generations to reach you. Now you can help it reach the next one.
Start Your 60-Day Journey →Prices subject to change. Beta offer applies to founding members only.
There's more than one way to preserve where you come from
Where should your
family's story begin?
Your Story Type reflects what matters most right now. Nine ways in. One place to begin.
The Preserver
You feel the urgency. You always have.
Their voices, their stories. You understand better than anyone that these can vanish without warning.
Archive focus:
Multi-Generational Legacy
Multi-Generational Legacy
The Memory Keeper
It's the people you want to hold onto.
Not facts or dates. The voices. The texture of how someone laughed.
Archive focus:
Untold Story
Untold Story
The Culture Keeper
You're the one holding the thread.
The recipes, rituals, phrases only your family uses. These are living proof of where you come from.
Archive focus:
Family Recipes
Family Recipes
The Bridge-Builder
Your story sits at the intersection of two worlds.
You've spent your life translating between cultures, generations, identities.
Archive focus:
Personal Heritage
Personal Heritage
Before you begin
Your family’s stories are personal.
We treat them that way.
Clear answers about privacy, participation, languages, pricing, and the family book.
Is my family’s information private?
Yes. OriginTales is a members-only platform, and your stories are not publicly accessible. Access is protected through authenticated accounts and limited permissions, so family information is only available to people who are authorized to see it.
Does my family need to be good with technology?
No. Family members can contribute by voice, text, or photograph. Relatives can also use familiar ways of sharing, including WhatsApp, without needing to learn a complicated new process.
Can relatives contribute in another language?
Yes. Family members can tell their stories in the language that feels most natural to them. OriginTales is designed for multilingual families and helps make those contributions accessible across generations.
What can invited relatives see?
Invited contributors receive access based on what they need to do. A person invited to answer a prompt does not automatically receive unrestricted access to your family information.
What happens after the free 60 days?
You can keep your private family archive active and continue collecting stories for $9.99 per month. You can cancel at any time. More details about archive access and exports will be shared with founding families during the beta.
Is the physical family book included?
No. The family book is optional and purchased separately when your archive is ready. You decide when to create it and how many copies your family needs.
Your 60 days start here
What part of your family's story
should never be lost?
Three questions. Thirty seconds. Find your Story Type and apply for a free 60-day spot.
Question 1 of 3
Who is this story most about?
Your answer shapes your story type and first prompt.
Future generations inherit identity, not silence.
Wherever your family is now, preserve where you came from.