Using DNA was the only way to answer the family mystery of who was the mother of Loulie Clarke. Kentucky vital records were gone and no one was alive to tell the truth.

A family searched for decades to find what happened to their great-grandfather who disappeared in 1908. DNA evidence revealed he was living under a different name just a few states away. Read this fascinating genetic genealogy case study.

Just remember these 3 things when starting your DNA journey! What to Do First When You Get Your DNA Results Getting your DNA results back...

When I talk to people about genealogy, I often hear:“I built a tree on Ancestry.com in 20 minutes!” Hate to break it to you, but that tree was probably someone else’s work—copied, unverified, and riddled with errors. It’s like claiming you “wrote a book” when all you did was photocopy it. (Or used AI to create the whole thing and claim it as your own.) In my own family, I’ve seen at least three different women falsely named as my 3rd great-grandmother.

Are you hitting dead ends in your family history research and hoping DNA matches can help? Sometimes the most rewarding genealogy discoveries require professional expertise. The Problem: You have hundreds of DNA matches but can't figure out how they connect to your family tree. Why This Happens: DNA testing companies give you so many matches and may suggest a relationship. Those genetic relationships provided are simple and never meant to be final.

I work with complicated topics in my research projects that can be difficult to explain. Haplogroups, shared centimorgans (cM) and...

DNA test results can have unexpected and sometimes unpleasant results. Are you ready for that?