Classic Coaching

Michelle is an excellent facilitator and coach. I was so impressed with the speed and efficiency in which she assessed my family tree and DNA matches. She quickly provided feedback to confirm my suspicion of why I had difficulty splitting the network. My genetic network did not match genealogy in my family tree. Knowing this was a complicated mystery, I setup multiple one-on-one sessions. Michelle’s knowledge and skills in genetics and genealogy are exceptional. She continues to provide guidance and recommendations for my research and reviews progress to ensure I’m on the right track. Michelle definitely goes above and beyond with coaching.

Amazing how much Michelle could do in the 1 hour prior to our session. She was totally up to speed on my problem and gave me great organizational tips and a process to get potentially to a solution. There were also some specific match recommendations for me to pursue that I had never recognized to that point. The way I was working on solving my problem was more of a hit or miss approach and I am confident the path she has put me on will end up positively. Michelle covered a lot of ground in 30 minutes, and was very clear and concise in explaining things so at the end, I really didn't have any questions, but had a lot of answers! Thank you very much, Michelle!

I had a great session with Lori and she reviewed my work in considerable detail and confirmed my initial analysis about a mystery DNA match. I am trying to identify the common ancestor to my closest mystery match after the process of building out her tree failed to generate one. Based on the amount of DNA I share with the mystery match and the amount she shares with cousins from the same part of the family tree, I suspect there is a misattributed parental relationship involved, something that Lori said seemed likely. Lori gave me several more ideas for how I might try to investigate further. This session was well worth the money and I am very happy with the results.

On Oct 4th I had a coaching session with Michelle Leonard after she had looked at my DNA results. I was overwhelmed & really not able to see patterns other than obvious ones which I already knew. Michelle organized the results for me, taught me how to interpret them & gave me strategies for moving forward. While not minimizing the work ahead, she has given me the confidence that I need. Thanks, Michelle.

We had a great session with Michelle. She was very knowledgeable and extremely helpful in helping us understand our Ancestry results. She also went above and beyond by sending us additional information after the session. If we get stuck while continuing our search, we will certainly set up another session with Michelle. She was excellent and very encouraging, which is needed because searching for an unnamed parent can be very difficult, tedious, and emotional.

Great job, Michelle! Thanks again!!