Living Relative & Kinship Search

Dedicated genealogical research to trace lost family branches, identify living relatives and locate cousins or descendants connected to your family history.

For many people, genealogy is about more than discovering names and dates. It is about understanding what happened to a family, finding the branches that became separated over generations, and discovering whether relatives may still be living today.

Our Living Relative & Kinship Search service is designed for clients looking for long-lost relatives, distant cousins, descendants of an ancestral family line, or living connections to their Irish heritage.

Family migration can separate relatives across generations and continents. A branch that began in Ireland may now extend through the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe or elsewhere in the world. Our searches are therefore not limited to Ireland.

Reconnect With Your Family Story

Finding a living family connection can add an entirely new dimension to genealogy. It may lead to previously unknown family stories, photographs, documents and memories that have survived in another branch of the family.

For some clients, the goal is to discover living cousins. For others, it is to rebuild a family line that disappeared from the known family tree, investigate an unknown biological connection, or understand what became of relatives after emigration.

A successful search may also provide a meaningful connection to your ancestral homeland and, in some cases, identify places associated with your family's history that you may wish to visit.

Making Sense of DNA Connections

If you have already taken a consumer DNA test but are overwhelmed by a long list of unfamiliar matches, professional genealogical analysis may help you understand which connections could be relevant to your family search.

You do not need to understand genetic genealogy before contacting us. We assess each case individually and determine whether the information available provides a reasonable basis for further research.

Living-relative research involves real people and their privacy. For this reason, all searches are handled with discretion and respect. No particular relative, relationship or successful contact can be guaranteed, and the wishes and privacy of living individuals must always be respected.

Our goal is to help you discover where lost branches of your family may have led and, where possible, bring your family story closer to the present day.