AI Finds Ancestors Up to 10 Generations Back in Soviet

A developer has created an open-source tool for tracing ancestry in the former USSR. The program helps explore family history using artificial intelligence.

The Codex and Claude Code tools analyze metric books, military records, and repression files. The system accounts for historical borders and place-name changes.

The algorithm processes surname variations across different languages and preserves the source of each finding. To prevent errors, individuals with the same surname are verified by dates and house numbers.

The research can trace a genealogical tree up to the tenth generation. This allows for locating distant relatives with high accuracy.