I built this because Hmong family knowledge is too easy to lose in America.

To the families using Hmong Family Tree,

If you are Hmong American, you probably know what it is like to go to a wedding, funeral, or extended family gathering and meet relatives you have not seen in years.

Someone tells you their name. Someone explains how you are related. Someone tells you what you are supposed to call them according to Hmong custom.

Then life gets busy. A year passes. Maybe several years pass. The next time you see them, you know they are family, maybe even close family, but you cannot quite remember their name, how the connection works, or the right way to address them.

That is one of the reasons I built Hmong Family Tree.

I wanted it for myself, for my relatives, and for my children growing up between Hmong family expectations and American life.

I wanted a private place where we could see our family tree visually, understand how we are related, remember people's names, preserve their stories and photos, and keep track of the relationships that are easy to forget when we only see each other once in a while.

Hmong Family Tree started as me scratching my own itch. But the more I built it, the more I realized other Hmong families might need it too. Many of us are trying to preserve names, relationships, stories, clan connections, migration history, and family memories that were never easy to keep in one place.

My hope is that this app helps the next generation know who they come from, how they are connected, and what story they belong to.

This has been a labor of love, built by one person for a real need, and shared in the hope that it can help your family too.

Thank you for trusting this project with something as personal as family.

- Touger (Tub Ntxawg)