Michelle Leonard

Tortoise investigates.

Tortoise investigates.

My name is Michelle Leonard.

My name is Michelle Leonard.

I am a professional genealogist, DNA detective.

I am a professional genealogist, DNA detective.

I wear a lot of hats, but primarily I focus and specialize on solving mysteries, especially complex mysteries, using DNA testing.

I wear a lot of hats, but primarily I focus and specialize on solving mysteries, especially complex mysteries, using DNA testing.

Everyone has the right to know where you come from, the right to know who your parents were and the right to have your medical history and know things that might be really important to your medical future as well.

Everyone has the right to know where you come from, the right to know who your parents were and the right to have your medical history and know things that might be really important to your medical future as well.

However, the right to know is not the same as the right to a relationship.

However, the right to know is not the same as the right to a relationship.

The parent has the right to say, I don't want to be contacted.

The parent has the right to say, I don't want to be contacted.

I don't want to have a relationship.

I don't want to have a relationship.

And as sad and devastating as that can be at times for the child in that instance, that has to be respected.

And as sad and devastating as that can be at times for the child in that instance, that has to be respected.

Hopefully we're in the right place here.

Hopefully we're in the right place here.