DNA Results Analysis

Your package includes up to four hours of results review, analysis and report preparation, followed by a one-hour personal consultation.

You receive a written analysis explaining the relevant matches, possible relationships and the evidence behind the findings, together with prioritised recommendations for further research. The work focuses on one agreed question using your existing genealogy DNA results.

Yes. This package analyses existing genealogy DNA results. Purchasing a test kit, collecting a sample and laboratory processing are not included.

If you have not tested yet, you can enquire about which approach might suit your family-history question before booking this service.

Share the testing company you used, the question you want to explore and any relevant family-tree information or previous research. Details of particular matches you are curious about are also helpful.

The information and access needed for your project are confirmed before work begins. Please do not send account passwords or raw DNA files with your initial enquiry.

Only with the test-taker’s informed permission or appropriate authority to act on their behalf. Permission and access arrangements must be confirmed before their results are reviewed.

Being related to someone does not automatically authorise access to their DNA information.

Sometimes the combined evidence supports a particular relationship. In other cases, the amount of shared DNA is compatible with several possibilities.

Shared matches, family trees and historical records help assess those possibilities. Your analysis explains what the evidence supports, what remains uncertain and which further comparisons or records could clarify the connection.

The analysis may identify promising leads or clarify what an investigation would require, but it does not guarantee identification of a particular relative.

An extended search for an unknown parent or a complex family connection is outside this fixed package. If further investigation is appropriate, its scope and cost are discussed separately before additional work begins.

The one-hour consultation gives you time to work through your written analysis, ask questions and understand how the findings relate to your research.

Technical terms are explained in plain language, and the recommended next steps are discussed so you know which leads to prioritise.

Your analysis will explain the limitations of the available results and whether further documentary research, additional comparisons or waiting for new matches offers the most sensible next step.

A recommendation to pause can be more useful than pursuing a connection the current evidence does not support. Any suggestion that another relative tests should be discussed with them and depends on their informed agreement.

Yes. DNA results can reveal relationships that differ from an existing family tree or what relatives have understood about their family.

Any known concerns should be raised before work begins so the scope and approach can be discussed sensitively. Possible relationships are not presented as established facts without sufficient supporting evidence.

No. This service is for genealogy and family-history purposes. It does not interpret health risks, diagnose conditions or provide legally recognised proof of parentage.

Your results and family information are used for the agreed project and are not published or used for marketing without separate permission. Information about living people is handled with particular care.

Any proposed sharing of results with another service or contact with a DNA match requires separate discussion and permission.

Yes. Your written analysis provides recommendations you can pursue independently, or you can enquire about further assistance.

Any additional analysis, documentary research or consultation is separately scoped and priced for your approval before work begins.

AncestryDNA is the main platform supported by this service. Results from other reputable genealogy DNA providers can be considered by enquiry.

Tell us which provider you used before booking so we can confirm whether its results and available tools are suitable for your question.

Your one-hour consultation can take place online or in person at the Breadcrumbs studio in Adelaide. Your preferred arrangement is confirmed when booking.

You receive the written analysis beforehand, giving you time to review the findings and prepare any questions.

Your written analysis and recommended next steps are delivered digitally for you to keep and revisit. A hard copy can also be arranged on request.

Most projects take approximately 3–4 weeks from the agreed start date, once the necessary information and authorised access have been provided.

Your expected timeframe and consultation date are confirmed before work begins. You will be kept informed if anything affects the schedule.

Work begins once your research scope is agreed, the necessary access is arranged, you have accepted the Terms and Conditions and paid a 50% deposit.

The remaining balance is due before delivery of your written analysis.