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Geni, a free genealogy service that works by tapping the collected wisdom of your relatives.To begin, simply add information about yourself and at least one of your parents. (You can enter photos, birthdays and a myriad of custom facts for every person you add).   To increase the size of your tree, include as many people as you can. (Since the entire application is Flash-based, reorganizing your branches is as simple as dragging and dropping). Whenever a family member is added that person is invited to view the tree and--this is the key part--supply details about themselves and other relatives.   This collaborative aspect is one of the site's main strengths. (You can also merge trees when you find a common ancestor). When you've built your genealogical base you can share it via the site's social networking tools. One feature we like is their Statistics app, which turns family data (oldest and youngest members, age distribution, life expectancy, most frequent birth months, political views, etc.) into colorful nerdy pie charts.