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Quick and Dirty Trees for DNA

You are told Quick and Dirty Trees should be used when investigating connections between DNA matches.  But what does that really mean? 

This talk helps you understand what a Quick and Dirty Tree is, suggests where and how to build them, and shares tricks and techniques to help you build the most effective Quick and Dirty Trees.  However, you can only build your matches’ trees if you can work out who they are so the talk will also give you ideas for how to work out who some of your mystery matches actually are.

18 April 2026

Speaker(s)

Mia Bennett

Mia Bennett

Mia Bennett is a professional genealogist who specialises in DNA analysis for family history. She applies her analysis skills developed as a safety engineer to untangle all the clues provided within family history records and DNA results. She has been researching her family history for over 30 years and was previously a trustee of the Society of Genealogists. Mia is an Associate of AGRA. Mia gives talks on traditional genealogy and DNA both online and in person around the world. She is studying for a Higher Certificate in Genealogy at the IHGS and is an alumna of SLIG and GRIP institute courses in the USA.

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Speaker

Mia Bennett

Date

2026-04-18

Time

10:30 am -
11:30 am

Location

Online

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