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Michelle Leonard

Contributing Writer

Michelle Leonard writes for top10.com and is a Scottish professional genealogist, DNA detective, speaker, author and historian. She runs her own genealogy business, Genes & Genealogy, and specializes in DNA Detective work solving adoption, unknown parentage and all manner of unknown ancestor mysteries.

Posts by Michelle Leonard

Ancestry vs. MyHeritage - Which DNA Test Is Better for You?

It seems like just yesterday most people associated DNA testing with detectives on CSI cracking cold cases, or scientists in Jurassic Park pulling dinosaur DNA from mosquitoes encased in prehistoric chunks of amber.

Ancestry vs. 23andMe: Which DNA Test Kit is Better for You?

There comes a time in almost everyone’s life when they pause to tackle that eternal question - who am I, and where am I from? For centuries, the quest for answers has sparked art, literature, and all types of soul-searching in countless people.