Michelle Leonard

OK, let's see if we can make that a bit bigger.

OK, let's see if we can make that a bit bigger.

All right, so we are looking here at Jess's ancestry results.

All right, so we are looking here at Jess's ancestry results.

What I do is I build a private and unsearchable research tree in Ancestry and I work the matches.

What I do is I build a private and unsearchable research tree in Ancestry and I work the matches.

these kinds of cases are like giant jigsaw puzzles.

these kinds of cases are like giant jigsaw puzzles.

However, they're old jigsaw puzzles.

However, they're old jigsaw puzzles.

All the pieces are a bit, you know, worn.

All the pieces are a bit, you know, worn.

There's bits missing.

There's bits missing.

The box is long gone.

The box is long gone.

You don't know what the original jigsaw is meant to look like.

You don't know what the original jigsaw is meant to look like.

And you just have to slowly start to put these old worn pieces on the board until a picture emerges.

And you just have to slowly start to put these old worn pieces on the board until a picture emerges.