DNA Coaching Services: Expert, Confidential DNA Advice

Sometimes, what you need to make progress with your important DNA questions is to get some expert advice. Our Coaching consultations point you in the right direction to answer YOUR specific DNA questions and situations in a confidential setting. We don’t do the research for you–we help YOU continue your own DNA discovery process.

Book a live, 30-minute confidential video consultation with one of our expert DNA coaches! During your time together, your coach will address your specific DNA question by reviewing your test results with you. You will receive insights and recommended next steps for your specific situation. The service includes a recording of your session plus an email that summarizes key points, so you have a permanent record of what you learned.

Here’s what people are saying about our Coaching Services:

Read Susan's Full Story

Thank you so much for your ideas regarding my Schieber/Koelfgen research! Our Zoom session was wonderful and I have a path forward now. Your ability to communicate DNA information in plain English makes you unique and I greatly appreciate that as I am not science oriented.

Ruth Ann Hager

Even though I’m a…fairly experienced genealogist, Diahan’s insight and expertise were invaluable in breaking through a decades-old brick wall. I have never felt like money was so well spent or time so well used.

Lisa Can Gemert

My consultation helped me to better understand how to use my DNA test to find missing relatives and opened avenues to explore that I never would have come up with on my own. I highly recommend this service.

Barbara Gee

Classic and Premium Coaching: Which is right for you?

We offer two levels of Coaching: Classic and Premium. A Classic Coaching session is exactly as described above. Do you have a question that deserves more complex consideration than a 30-minute conversation? Choose Premium Coaching. Your coach will spend a full hour analyzing your test results BEFORE your 30 minutes together. This gives the coach more time to delve deeply into your test results, matches and tree data. Depending on the question, your Premium Coaching results may include a determination of target genetic match groups (which groups of DNA matches may best help answer your question).

Click here to meet the coaches who offer Classic and Premium Coaching sessions

Classic Coaching | $149

  • Submit your question and test results ahead of time
  • Spend 30 minutes in a live video consultation with an expert DNA coach, reviewing your question
  • Expert evaluation of your findings (if applicable) and recommended next steps
  • Recording of your session
  • Email follow-up with summary of key points

Worth every penny. You have done more in 20 minutes with a DNA match than we’ve done in 20 years.

Rona Saunders

Classic Coaching Customer

Diahan Southard helped me decide which Y-ch test I should buy for 2 distant cousins and the test was perfect to answer my question.

Walter Clinton

Classic Coaching Customer

Thank you! Now I have some direction.

Juli Bulleigh

Classic Coaching Customer

Does this sound like what you need? Order a Classic Coaching session now.

Premium Coaching | $259

  • Submit your question and test results ahead of time
  • Your coach spends 60 minutes analyzing your question BEFORE your video consultation
  • Spend 30 minutes in a live video consultation with an expert DNA coach, reviewing your question
  • Expert evaluation of your findings (if applicable) and recommended next steps
  • Determination of target genetic match groups, if applicable
  • Recording of your session
  • Email follow-up with summary of key points

I have literally spent hundreds of hours poring over DNA matches to solve a brick wall in my research. Because of how time consuming it is, I was a little skeptical of how much help it would be for the expert to spend 60 minutes looking at my information. Now I know, it is because of high level experience, expertise and organizational skills. Michelle was absolutely amazing and well prepared for our meeting! She was very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. I can now see a clear path to organize my data and to gather the other information I need to help me solve my genealogy mystery. I highly recommend her services!

Sherri Batterson

Premium Coaching Customer

My consultation helped me to better understand how to use my DNA test to find missing relatives and opened avenues to explore that I never would have come up with on my own. I highly recommend this service!

Barbara Gee

Premium Coaching Customer

Does this sound like what you need? Order a Premium Coaching session now.

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Evelyn Jenkins
Monitoring Session with Lori

Lori could see that I was nervous during our mentoring session, but she was so patient and understanding. Even when we had internet problems, she stopped the session and restarted when the problem was fixed. Lori was very knowledgeable and convinced me that I was on the right path. She gave me advice for my next steps and I have successfully worked toward an answer. I look forward to another session with Lori in the future.

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Susan Parkins
Amazing! Super Helpful and I Learned So Much!

My DNA Coach, Connie, was super helpful and we were able to cover a lot of material in 30 min. I was provided management/technical tips to help my research to be effective and efficient. Revisiting the recorded session and follow up email provides a nice summary of what we talked about and provides a fantastic reference for review. I have clarity regarding next steps and skills to practice as I am new at this! I'm looking forward for the next session!

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Carol Bell
Lori is wonderful

Lori was aware that I was a novice and wanted to find my maternal grandmother. She came to our meeting fully prepared to share the information that she had found in a way that was clear, concise and easy for me to understand. It worked. At the end of our meeting, I felt that I had the confidence needed to follow the next steps that she outlined for me to do myself. She is wonderful to work with. Could not have selected a better coach.

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Customer
Excellent value

👍👍 I'm super happy with my coaching session with Michelle. She gave me a lot to work with, some excellent corrections and cautions on some of my thinking, and a clear path forward to identifying my 3x Great Grandparents. She was methodical, well prepared & efficient, and I am amazed how much about my complicated puzzle she absorbed in the hour she had to review my tree, the info i provided, and crawl through my match information at FTDNA, MyHeritage, Gedmatch, and Ancestry.com. I'm heading back into the hunt with renewed enthusiasm and greater clarity!

So glad you were able to learn so much! Thanks for your review!

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Paula Forselles
Michelle is Sooo Helpful!

I am so glad that I had a coaching session in advance of the Skills workshop because it answered some nagging questions and helped me focus on what I need to do before the workshop starts. Michelle was extremely professional and could clearly guide me on the best path forward to solving my genealogical puzzle. Notes were detailed and I will enjoy watching the recording.
Thank you, Michelle!

Thanks so much for your review!

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DNA testing itself is not included in our Coaching service. You need to take a test and bring us the results. Our expert analysis focuses ONLY on your DNA results; we will leave the related genealogy research to you. Our goal is to help YOU keep making your own DNA discoveries.