Your ancestors' memory, in today's technology
Build your family's Bansawali Bamsawali · नेपाली डिजिटल वंशावली
Bamsawali keeps your family's memory in one place - names, relations, dates and stories. Generations change; the roots stay.
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What's in the Bamsawali app?
Every way to understand your lineage
Bamsawali ties the thread from ancestors to descendants in one place - to see, to ask, to trace a relation and to keep memories.
Family tree
Bamsawali lets you create your family tree from great-grandparents to grandchildren - every generation on one living tree.
Bamsa AI
Bamsawali's own AI - ask by voice or text and it answers from your bansawali, thar, gotra and kul.
Relation finder
Bamsawali's relation finder - pick two people and get the whole chain and the right kinship word in a moment. Maiju, mama or bhanja?
Memories
Photos, stories and dates - Bamsawali keeps an ancestor's memory on their own profile, shared with the family.
Events
Family and Samaj events, notices and news in one place on Bamsawali - for everyone who is connected.
Samaj
A shared bansawali for a surname, clan or Samaj on Bamsawali - managed by the committee, browsed by members.
Gotra finder
Type a surname and find its gotra - and the other surnames that share it.
Castes of Nepal
696 surnames with gotra, kuldevata and origin, a sagotra checker and Census 2021.
The journal
Bamsawali articles on bansa (lineage), kul (clans), culture and history - in Nepali and English.
Generations of a family, on one screen
In the Bamsawali app you can build any number of generations of your family, from great-grandparents to grandchildren. Switch between views of the same tree to move through even a large family with ease, then download it as a PDF or request a personalised bamsawali frame for your home.
Bamsawali presents Bamsa AI
Ask by voice or text - Bamsawali's specialised AI reads your own bansawali and gives answers personalised to your thar, gotra and kul.
वंश AI
How are we related?
Never mix up phupu with auntie or didi again. The Bamsawali relation finder (kinship finder) works out how you are related to anyone in your family tree and tells you what to call them - in the exact Nepali kinship word.
How to start
Your family record in three steps
- 01
Download Bamsawali
Bamsawali is free on Android and iPhone - get it from the Play Store or the App Store, in Nepali and English.
- 02
Add your family
Start with yourself - parents, grandparents, and as far up as you can reach. Bamsawali keeps every name and date in one record.
- 03
Trace relations, share
Bamsawali shows how you are related to anyone in the tree. Invite the family and the record grows together.
Why Bamsawali
Families have started keeping their roots safe here
Questions
Things people ask
Bamsawali, Banshawali or Vanshavali — what's the difference?
None. वंशावली has no single romanization, so people spell it Bamsawali, Bansawali, Banshawali, Vanshavali, Vansawali, Banshabali, Bansabali, Vamshavali, Wanshawali, Wansawali and other ways - they all mean the same thing. Our address is www.bamsawali.com, and whichever spelling you search, you reach this same platform.
What is a वंशावली (bansawali)?
A वंशावली is a record of lineage from your ancestors down to the present generation - who was born in which generation, whose child is whose, and how family members are related. Traditionally it was kept in a handwritten ledger; the Bamsawali app keeps that same record safe, digitally, alongside the family tree, Bamsa AI and the relation finder.
Can I download the bansawali I create in the app as a PDF?
Yes. Once you have created your bansawali, you can download it as a PDF with Bansa Coins. You can also request a personalised frame of your family's bansa.
How do I build a वंशावली online?
Download the Bamsawali app, add your own name, then add your father, grandfather and children. You can add names, birth dates, gotra and photos, and share the finished family tree with your relatives.
Which phones does the app run on?
Android and iPhone. Download it from Google Play or the Apple App Store.
What can Bamsa AI answer?
Bamsa AI reads your own family tree and answers from it - who is related to whom and how, which generation, where a surname comes from. Ask in Nepali or English.
How does the relation finder work?
Pick anyone on the tree - the app follows the full chain between you and names the relation in the Nepali kinship word: maiju, mama, bhanja, phupu.
How do I turn my handwritten bansawali into a digital one?
Fill in the Samaj registration form below with the required details, call us on +977 9851421327 or email [email protected]. Our team will call and help all the way from the old ledger to the app.
Can I delete my account and data?
Yes. From inside the app, or by sending a request from the account deletion page. The details are in the privacy policy.
Ready to know your roots?
Build your family tree in the Bamsawali app, trace relations and keep your ancestors' memory safe in one place - in Nepali or English, on your own phone.
For Samaj
Register your Samaj on Bamsawali
Want your clan's or Samaj's genealogy digitised? Leave your details below - our team will get in touch and help from start to finish, from the old ledger to the app.
