GenGenies & Private Individuals

Unknown Parentage, Adoptees, Surprise Misattributed-Parental Events, Living Descendant Research

For those of unknown biological parentage, we have helped many answer the question: Who did I come from?

We believe it is one's basic human right to know this and the practice of investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) may bring you the answers you've longed for, often without having to contact anyone. Your story is your private story until you decide to share it.

You must have taken a DNA test at one of the direct-to-consumer testing sites, such as Ancestry and/or 23andMe. We will guide you on how to share your results securely with our team. Our Genies analyze your matches to provide as comprehensive of a picture of your heritage as possible. At minimum, we will provide insight into your ancestral lines and names and can find probable living relatives not in your match lists.

We promise to empathetically communicate with you along the way as we understand as one's story is revealed, there can be unforeseen surprises of a sensitive nature in addition to any excitement.

General Genealogy Services & Tree Building

Know your biological parentage, yet little about your family history? Or maybe you just don't have it formalized? No need to have a DNA test for our expert genealogists to document a hard copy keepsake of your family tree. Upon request, we will produce a cited, formal report highlighting exciting ancestors of interest as well as build an electronic copy of your family tree within your free profile at Ancestry.com.

A briefing of parents' and grandparents' dates and locations of birth and death (if applicable) (or anything you know) is all we'll we need to get started.

Individual Rates & Procedures

Initial Analyzation Fee

To review the initial ethnicity results and match list to predict solvability is complementary.

Unknown Parentage Services

$30/hour

After solvability is estimated, we will discuss moving forward with active research. We will produce a fair estimate of how much time it may take us to answer your research question.

A $150 deposit must be paid to begin services for the first 5 hours of research. If not solved or offering much to go on, we reconvene and discuss an estimate of how much more time may be needed for research to draw useful conclusions, if any, or an answer if we are hot onto something!

General Genealogy Services & Professional Tree Build

$50/hour

Professional family tree building is more concentrated and all documentation has to be thoroughly confirmed to properly substantiate findings. We will produce a fair estimate depending on if you would just like to build a tree or have a formal, cited report.

A $250 deposit is collected to begin services for the first (5) hours of research, a typical minimum. We will reconvene to see how many lines and generations we completed and either stop there or decide if a few more hours are needed.

Payment = Donation

Tax Perk!

As a 501(c)(3), the costs you pay for services are tax-deductible. This means you can consider it a Charitable Donation Contribution by using our Tax ID Number below. You will receive an end-of-year letter confirming your payment(s) as long as you have provided us the required personal information for us to report it.

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