DNA research has a way of raising more questions than it answers — until you know how to work a case systematically. Immersive DNA Case Studies is a hands-on, three-session live workshop in which real mysteries are worked through from first evaluation to conclusion, with Michelle Leonard guiding you every step of the way.

Each session builds on the last, with case studies increasing in complexity as the workshop progresses. You'll work through each stage of the investigation — evaluating the problem, identifying and analysing matches, and building toward a conclusion — with time to work on tasks yourself before coming together to discuss findings and move forward. Between sessions there is homework: some elements of DNA research take longer than workshop time allows, and the work you do in between is part of the process.

Whether you're dealing with an adoption, unknown or misattributed parentage, or any other unknown ancestor mystery, this workshop will give you the techniques to tackle it. And if you don't have a specific mystery to solve, working through real-world cases will sharpen your understanding of how to identify DNA matches and confirm your family tree.

Michelle Leonard has solved hundreds of DNA mystery cases. In this workshop, she shares that expertise directly — not through lecture, but through doing.