ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

GEDmatch

Gedmatch is like a big puzzle game that helps people find out about their family history! You know how you have your family, like your mom and dad and grandma and grandpa? Well, there are people who want to know about their family way back in time, like great-great-great grandparents!

Gedmatch is a place where people share little pieces of their family puzzles. You might have a puzzle piece that says you have curly hair, or that your family came from Italy a long time ago. Other people have puzzle pieces that say they have curly hair or that their family came from Italy too!

When lots of people share their puzzle pieces with Gedmatch, its computer can put the pieces together and make a big family picture! That's how people can find out if someone they don't even know is actually their cousin or something!

But don't worry, all the pieces in the puzzle are kept secret and safe, so only the computer can put them together and help people find their family secrets.