Have you ever wondered how far and wide your family has grown since the days of your forefathers? To be honest, I do think of mine, since my grandparents were both orphans and their parents and siblings must have been scattered everywhere.

I was delighted to discover ZOOOF, The Family Network. This ia s brainchild of two Dutch young men, Busker and Leenen. I wonder how come nobody thought of this earlier ...

With ZOOOF.COM, we can build out interactive family tree. After starting your tree, you have to invite your family members to log into ZOOOF.COM and help to build the tree. This is the site to share family stories, family secrets (I'm sure all families have this!), family activities and family photos.

Luckily, all these are only accessible by the family member and not strangers so our privacy is protected.

This worldwide family network supports 35 languages and will be out of beta on 14th February, 2007. Hey, that's Valentine's Day! Lot's of family love there!

If you would like to start your tree now instead of waiting for Valentine's Day, you can e-mail invite[at]zooof[dot]com with the following particulars: name, e-mail, country and gender. You will then be personally invited to build your tree!