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Mother’s Day is just a month away! Make it a special day with this genealogy inspired Mother’s Day gift guide for the mom in your life.  

Custom star map

Create a personalized map of the stars on the days her children were born.

Family tree journal

There are a lot of beautiful journals out there for recording family trees and stories. A few favorites are:

• This journal from the Royal Horticultural Society

• A journal to record her family story

• A memoir workbook that includes sheets for friends and family to record stories

• Another journal filled with questions and prompts to help her record her life

• This genealogy notebook uses the Ahnentafel system and has data sheets for 127 ancestors

Heirloom recipe tea towel

Give a custom printed tea towel with her favorite recipe – or your favorite recipe of hers. This one has options to include the title, maker, or just the recipe. You can include a photo on this tea towel!

Or better yet, a personalized recipe plate!

Serve her up her own recipe on this custom plate.

Genealogy research services

Gift her with research services to help her break down a brick wall, or even to create a research plan.

A custom photo book

Create a customized photo book with all her favorite photos. Mixbook has a 45% off special right now for new customers or 30-45% off for returning customers, through April 30.

A custom family tree necklace

There are many gorgeous custom options for family tree-themed necklaces.

• This lovely one lets you choose birthstones and leaves stamped with an initial for up to 14 people

• A necklace with hand-stamped name charms

• You can engrave all four sides of this bar necklace  

A personalized family tree

There are many beautiful choices for custom family trees, with options for how many generations to include.

• A woodland-themed print

•  A print for up to 6 generations of her tree

• This wood engraving for 3-6 generations of family members

• A 3-4 generation watercolor family tree

•  If you have photoshop, you can make your own family tree, with photos, with this template  

A DNA test

Help her discover relatives and learn about her ethnic heritage with a DNA kit. Two great ones are AncestryDNA and 23andme.