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From:http://www.techcrunch.com
By: Michael Arrington

David Sacks’ new startup Geni, which we wrote about last week, has gone live.

The initial product is a very easy to use Flash tool to create a profile and a family tree - including siblings, spouses, cousins, aunts and uncles, and their families. When you add a relative, there is an option to add their email address and have the tree sent to them as well. They can add their own data, extending the tree, and Geni will launch tools to merge overlapping trees.

There is more information on the About page. The company has raised a round of financing from Founders Fund.

I’ve started my family tree and have added a few email addresses. It will be cool to see my relatives further expand the tree. And it will be really interesting to take a look at Geni a few years from now, as more and more trees are merged together.

Update: Geni is viral. In my test tree, I added my dad’s email address but didn’t otherwise mention the site to him. I just went back to Geni and noticed the tree has been extended significantly (see image below). And now some of those people have been emailed as well.

上周我们报道过David Sacks的新网站Geni，现在已经正式发布。

它的基本应用非常简单：使用FLASH工具生成一份家谱，包括你的血亲、姻亲、堂表亲戚以及他们的家庭成员。当你添加一位亲属的时候，还有个添加电子邮件 的功能，可以把这份家谱邮寄给他们。然后他们可以添加自己家的资料，延伸这份家谱成为族谱。而Geni会用工具整理这份重重叠叠枝叶蔓延的族谱。

在他们的“关于我们”页面你还能找到更多信息，这家公司得到了来自Founders Fund的风投。

我已经开始填写我的家谱，并且加上了几个电子邮件地址。当看到家谱上的亲戚逐渐伸展开去，这是件很酷的事情。过上几年再看Geni应该非常有趣，会有越来越多的家谱加入进来，并且通过婚姻而联系起来。

补充说明：

Geni是病毒式发展的。在我的家谱上我加了我父亲的电子邮件地址，但是并没有特别说明他的地点。但是当我再次查看Geni的时候，我注意到了家谱已经显著地扩张开来。现在其中的一些人应该已经收到了电子邮件。