DNA Analysis
Projects
Is there a mystery hiding in your DNA matches?
→ Maybe you've got hundreds of matches and no idea how any of them connect.
→ Maybe your results didn't line up with what you expected on one specific line, like your mom's mom's side.
→ Maybe grandpa never knew his own father, not even a name, and DNA feels like the only thing left to try.
→ Or maybe your top match is a total stranger who shares an uncomfortable amount of DNA with you, and you have no idea why.
We'll sort through your matches, cluster the focused family groups, and work to answer the one question you actually want answered. You'll get an updated family tree showing new branches of your own family along with the new DNA matches, and clear next steps for where to go from here.
DNA Analysis uses quick, targeted trees built specifically to make sense of your matches, not full traditional research on your whole family line.
After we spend around 10 hours of focused clustering and analysis researching your one question or line
You Will Have:
Your Matches Sorted
into family clusters using advanced techniques such as the Leeds Method, so hundreds of names are now grouped into a handful of readable groups.
A Quick Working Tree
built just for the branch in question, so you can see how your matches connect, whether that confirms what you suspected or reveals something new.
A Better Understanding
of how your matches fit into your existing family tree, cross-referenced against their own public trees and research.
A Deeper Analysis
Using software like DNA Painter’s “What Are The Odds” (WATO) or Banyan Tree for analysis when there's a specific relationship to weigh, mapped out so you can see how the possibilities stack up.
A Results Walkthrough
A recorded video call where we walk you through everything we did and found, and answer your questions.
A Deeper Connection
Whether we land on a name or move you three steps closer, you'll know more about where you come from than you did before.
Does this sound familiar?
→ You don't know much about one branch of your tree, and you're hoping your matches can help fill in the blanks.
→ You've been stuck on the same branch for years. Every traditional avenue is exhausted, and DNA is the one thing you haven't tried.
→ The "grandpa" or great-grandfather everyone's always pointed to turns out to have been a step-parent, not a blood relative.
→ The woman your parent always called "Mom" might actually have been an aunt, or a grandmother, raising them.
→ You know your way around a courthouse and an archive, but your own DNA matches might as well be written in a foreign language.
→ Hundreds of unlabeled matches that might as well be written in a foreign language, even if you know your way around a courthouse and an archive.
GOT QUESTIONS?
We’ve Got Answers
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Yes. This works with results you already have. If you haven't tested yet, start there, then come back.
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Primarily AncestryDNA and MyHeritage but have also worked with DNA data from 23andMe, FamilyTreeDNA, and GEDmatch
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Then we'll tell you exactly that, along with what the evidence does support and what we'd try next. You're paying for 10 focused hours of expert analysis, not a guaranteed answer. The analysis always moves things forward in a real way, and we often get all the way to the answer you were looking for.
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A Breakthrough Session is a live 2-hour working session together, good for a question you can talk through in real time.
A Research Package is a full genealogical research engagement over a few months, good for building out a whole line the traditional way.
DNA Analysis sits in between: focused, DNA-specific work on a single question, done independently over a few weeks.
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Guest/Collaborator access to your DNA matches on whichever site you tested with, and a clear sense of the one question or line you want us focused on.
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Feel free to share the results for any family members that are willing to share.
If multiple generations have tested (such as parent and child) we will use the older generation’s results as they will have stronger/larger connections to DNA matches
DNA Analysis
$1750 per project
Around ten hours of clustering can crack a case wide open, or it can move things forward without fully closing the loop. DNA doesn't always cooperate. Sometimes the match with the answer hasn't tested yet, or their tree is private, or nobody's uploaded to the right database. We'll tell you exactly where the evidence lands, including when it lands on “probably” but not “provable.”
Turnaround is typically 4 to 6 weeks from the start of DNA Analysis to clustering and organizing to analyzing to reporting.
Pay in full, or split it into two payments a month apart: half to start the research, half a month later, before the final walkthrough call.
This is focused, DNA-specific work on one question, not full family tree research.
We'll finish with a video call (recording included) where we walk through everything we found and answer your questions. You will also receive an expanded family tree showing any new ancestors we uncover and how your DNA matches connect to it.
DNA Analysis uses quick, targeted trees built specifically to make sense of your matches.
