It takes time

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Hirshhorn Museum, 24 Feb 2017.

As mentioned in Friday's post, tagging DNA matches is a slow process. I'm currently in the staging phase of tackling the research questions I posed earlier in the month, using a combination of comparing matches on MyHeritage with results from enhanced shared matches in Ancestry's ProTools, to create groups for the immediate lines I am researching on my parent's sides of the tree. And this isn't my primary focus because, family obligations, moving Sophia off to college and day job duties. But behind the scenes, there's a lot going on.

I have scheduled some guided coaching through the experts at YourDNAGuide for later in September, so a lot of the work at the moment is to help me walk through my research with the coach when that session takes place. This is not cheap, but I've reached a stage where I'm committed to trying to resolve these questions I have, and the price of knowing is worth it to me. This process has also been really fascinating, and it is fun to learn something new and meaningful. Just maybe, others in the family will think this is cool, and be able to take up the torch from the spark I am starting.