DNA Match Analysis & Family Identification ($100 for 2 hrs)

If you’re searching for a birth parent, missing relative, or unknown branch of your family tree, DNA results can hold the answers — but interpreting them correctly takes expertise.

Each project begins with a brief consultation, by email, phone, or video call, to review your DNA results and confirm that you have the right data for analysis.

Using your AncestryDNA results, I’ll then spend three focused hours analyzing your close matches (1st cousins or nearer) on the side of the family in question. With the help of AI-assisted clustering and tree comparison, I’ll look for patterns that reveal shared ancestors and possible relationships, building out a working tree as I go.

You’ll receive a clear summary of findings and next-step recommendations to help guide your search.

Requirements: Your DNA must be tested through Ancestry.com, and you must have close matches (1st cousins or closer) on the relevant side of the family. For U.S. based family trees.

Q. Is two hours enough to get anything done?

Yes! You’d be surprised! I’ve identified a biological mother in under an hour (in that case the person had a significant error in their tree, that when cleared up, pointed right to the woman). Two focused hours is enough to make real progress with DNA results when the right matches are in place. In that time I can review your close matches, confirm which side of the family they belong to, begin clustering them into groups that share common ancestors, and identify the most promising leads.

If your case needs more work, we can continue in additional time blocks, but the first two hours are designed to give you solid, actionable insight right away.