Testimonials

“I had spent many years without success trying to identify my biological father with only a photograph to work on.

However, this age old problem was solved when Julie came on board to help me. Utilising her excellent analytical skills, including DNA data, she traced my paternal linkage from the 1820s until the present day. She kept me fully informed of progress with good communication skills.

Without hesitation. I would highly recommend Julie to anyone seeking answers to their family history and/or heritage.”

Alex Sibbald (New Zealand)

“I was adopted as a baby and at age 63, following my sister making enquiries about her birth family, I decided to explore finding details about my birth family.

Julie at Back-to-your-roots encouraged me and suggested I do a DNA spit test to assist in finding connections in my Tree, as I had no idea where to start.

I applied to get records from Social Services at the Council, but that took time. In the meantime, Julie had done some research and thought she had found two possible families. When eventually I managed to get my birth surname, it matched one of the family trees Julie had found. Then the miracle occurred, on 11 June 2019, a match came back for my DNA test, a possible second cousin in Canada. I contacted them by email and discovered that her father was my cousin and that she knew my mother and also informed me I had two full blood siblings. My birth father had later married my mother. Everything happened quickly and by the following day I was speaking to my Sister and then my Mother. On 20 June, only nine days later I travelled to see my mother and brother and two days after that my sister.

Without Julie’s help and advice this may never have happened. She not only produced my family tree, which all my new-found family were given copies, but enabled me to meet my mother sixty-three years after she had to give me up for adoption, and siblings and their families. We all meet up now regularly and have been on holidays together.

I have since met many of my cousins including my cousin from Canada and his daughter, with whom I DNA matched.

I totally recommend Julie’s Back-to-your-roots business to help you discover your roots.”

Robert Whitehead (Suffolk, UK)

“My heartfelt gratitude is extended to Julie for the exceptional genealogical research she conducted on behalf of my family. Her meticulous attention to detail, thorough investigation, and insightful analysis have provided us with a remarkable understanding of our family history.”

Heather