Roots We Planted
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.
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. Editorial review
Our editors verify, source, or set aside
Our internal editorial team reviews every AI inference with AI-assisted checks alongside human judgment. Anything verified gets a citation. Anything weak goes back for more sources. Anything that can't be verified is 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. Our internal editorial team makes every final call before delivery — clarity, consistency, narrative flow, and your boundaries.
Editor
Reviews AI output, shapes the narrative, applies your chosen tone, polishes every line.
Quality reviewer
Cross-checks consistency, citations, and unverified-fact labeling across the manuscript.
Designer
Lays out the book, pairs photos with text, restores images.
Customer success
Walks the manuscript through 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.