
A new media page also allows users to upload videos, helping them visualise family members.
Genes Reunited said the site's easier-to-use look and feel will enable members to "bring their family history to life" and the addition of video footage and photography will help people "picture the lives of their ancestors".
Genes Reunited claims to have more than nine million registered members and an archive of more than 650 million individual names, with a new one added every second. Genes Reunited is owned by ITV, along with sister sites Friends Reunited and Friends Reunited Dating.