Verity Ellen Jones- Family Searches, Genealogy and DNA

25/06/2025

First steps in finding long lost family:

▶️ Get as much information as possible together in terms of names, dates and places.
▶️ Do an Ancestry DNA test as soon as possible.
▶️ Note down any family stories/hints you've heard over the years- there's often a grain of truth to be found.
▶️ Prepare yourself for all eventualities - counselling is recommended before starting a search.
▶️ Contact a family search genealogist like me, for free search help and DNA advice.

18/06/2025

A new series of Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace returns tomorrow.

Thank you to the wonderful, brave people who allowed us to share their extraordinary stories.

Through DNA analysis and detective work we solve the mystery and find answers for people ‘Born Without Trace’. Don’t miss the first episode on Wednesday 18th June at 9 pm on ITV1.

05/03/2025

Finding new, if unexpected, family can eventually result in positive and life affirming outcomes- with access to the right support.

DNA can often throw up unexpected results. DNA testing can uncover a 'Non-Parental Event' or 'Not Parent Expected' (NPE). As well as working with mediators like me, there are support groups who can guide you through this time.

Visit:

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24/01/2025

So emotional - and so important to remember such recent atrocities as, globally, politics become more and more polarised.

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19/12/2024

Came across a couple of interesting accounts today, that of Birmingham's real life Peaky Blinders. Terrifying times!!😱

01/12/2024

🌍 🌏🌎 Switzerland, Ayrshire, Jersey, London, Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Essex...This week's searches made me dizzy😵‍💫😄 🌎🌏

09/11/2024

Yesterday was a beautiful and emotional day, uniting half siblings and finding answers to decades of questions...with extra surprises thrown in, as always!💜

08/11/2024

📣 Everything on Findmypast is FREE until 11 November 📣

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Find your family heroes this Remembrance Day

22/10/2024

08/10/2024

Meeting my long lost family in Canada in 2019, corroborated with DNA testing, was a wonderfully fulfilling journey of discovery ✨

My Great Grandmother changed her name from Sarah to Leda and crossed the Atlantic in the early 1880s.

She took her eldest daughter, Aimee Celestine, with her on this mammoth journey- Aimee would masquerade forever more as her mother's 'niece'.

Bigamously re-marrying and having four sons (including my paternal grandad), it turns out Sarah/Leda had left a whole family behind in Nova Scotia before starting a new life in England. Her mother, siblings, husband and other baby daughter Sybil never saw her again.

Remembering Sybil and seeing her photograph felt really special, to acknowledge her existence after all these years. My grandfather's half sister.

08/10/2024

Finding photos of your ancestors can be a monumental experience in your research journey. Comment a special family history discovery in the comments below.

11/09/2024

✨'Search Angels', like myself, 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 help people to understand DNA results and reunite with long lost family. Get in touch if you need confidential advice🙌

Genetic genealogy (using affordable DNA tests like Ancestry DNA) is a breakthrough approach for people who have tried traditional search techniques and failed.

Volunteers are helping others find their roots, and revolutionizing the young science of genetic genealogy