PocketDNA

PocketDNA is Finding Your Roots for everyone: drop your DNA test and get a micro documentary of your origins. PocketDNA is a website that helps 50 million + people who have taken DNA test create their own custom micro documentary inspired by Finding Your Roots at a fraction of the cost. There are hundreds of Facebook pages with thousands of members (averaging 5-20k) where people daily post screenshots hoping a stranger would help figure out their origin. Meanwhile professional genealogists charge $2000 per case for these insights. I took a DNA test and it led me down a rabbit hole. I found that we are going through a golden age in paleogenomics, a field studying the DNA testing of ancient human remains. Suddenly it is possible to trace your deep origin across 10,000 year timeline. With the rise of LLMs, we can now finally pair those insights with professional genomics and history knowledge to tie everything into a movie about your roots.