Our reputable, talented Search Angels are among the top in their respective fields. We care about our clients and our community and will work tirelessly to achieve exceptional results for you.
Laura Olmsted
Laura is DNAngels’ Founder and Executive Director. She has more than a decade of experience in the high-paced world of Corporate Sales Management, where she won multiple awards for performance and technique. Laura also served …
Aimee Rose Haynes
Aimee is DNAngels’ Associate Director of Staffing and serves on the Board as Liaison to Staff, and she’s also a Lead Genetic Genealogist. Aimee comes to DNAngels with a medical background and was previously an …
Kate Penney Howard
Kate is the Director of Human Resources and Genetic Genealogist. She is a full-time pastor, wife, and mother. She is not an adoptee or NPE, but her generous spirit and talent for interpreting DNA started …
Heidi Keuper
Heidi is an Angel Team Lead and Genetic Genealogist. Heidi is blessed to have her most pleasurable pastimes also become her life’s pursuit. She truly loves to search, then solve. She will diligently search until …
Rachel Kiley Trout
Rachel is an Angel Team Lead and a Genetic Genealogist. She is a New England girl at heart, born and raised in a suburb of Boston. Rachel’s father was the youngest of 17 children born …
Ashlee Krump
Ashlee is a Genetic Genealogist and Research Team Lead. Ask her husband, sister, children, or nieces, and nephews, and they will tell you that Mommy/Auntie is always right! It’s not that she has to be …
Jennifer Schweibinz
Jennifer Schweibinz is a Genetic Genealogist. Jennifer found her love for Genealogy when she stumbled across an old family secret. As she rolled up her sleeves and tapped into her Jersey Girl stubbornness, she relentlessly …
Lara Schultz
Lara Schultz is a Search Angel and DNAngels’ Staffing Coordinator. Her interest in genealogy began in elementary school as she spent hours with her grandfather writing out her family tree and interviewing his very large …
Amy Groessl
Amy Groessl is Search Angel. She grew up in rural West Michigan and has lived in Chicago for most of her adult life. As an adoptee, Amy became interested in researching her biological lineage as …
Kim Reichelt
Kim Reichelt is a Genetic Genealogist. By day, she is a management consultant who builds mathematical simulation models to solve strategic problems. This skill set served her well when she discovered genetic genealogy after her …
Linda Grinnell
Linda Grinnell is a Search Angel. She has been a genealogist since she was in her twenties and well before the advent of DNA testing. Since she had already helped a number of friends and …
Erika Korowin
Erika Korowin is a Search Angel. Her interest in genealogy began in elementary school, when she created a family tree – back to her eight immigrant great-grandparents – for a school project. Since 2016, she …
Brenda Gudino
Brenda Gudino is a Search Angel and Puerto Rico Team Lead, and a member of National Genealogical Society (NGS), International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG), Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), Sociedad Puertorriquena de Genealogica (SPG). She …
Amy Frederick
Amy Frederick is a Search Angel. She has always been a person who is quick to offer to help others. Her altruistic nature will keep her fighting for answers for anyone who reaches out to …
Cindy Billingsley Arocha
Cindy is a Search Angel and Executive Administrator. Her interest in genealogy began more than three decades ago when she embarked on tracing her own family lineage. Adopting traditional methods, she diligently explored her ancestry …
Kat Cunningham
Kat is a Search Angel. Kat’s fascination with genealogy sprouted in her childhood, observing her mother meticulously constructing the family tree on her maternal side. As the years passed, this memory ignited Kat’s curiosity to …
Deena Passmore
Deena is a Search Angel. As a little girl, Deena loved sitting with her parents and grandmother learning about their family history. She memorized the stories until she could tell them just as if she …
Carolanne Murphy
Carolanne is a Search Angel and UK Team Lead . Her journey into genetic genealogy was sparked by her father-in-law’s quest to uncover his unknown biological father, born during a time of secrecy in a mother …
Lorie Cousin
Lorie Cousin, is a Search Angel and Long-Term Team Lead. She grew up in Maryland and currently resides in Virginia. Her fascination with genealogy began years ago, watching her father meticulously construct their family tree …
Julie Mertz
Julie is a Search Angel. She became interested in genealogy after the passing of her father, when she realized that she didn’t know very much about her family history. After taking a DNA test, she …
Tess McIntosh
Tess is a Search Angel. Tess fell in love with genealogy when as a teen she would go through her step-grandmother’s genealogy research. After her grandmother passed away, she felt honored to be given her …
Kristina Wood
Kristina Wood is a Search Angel. She was born and raised in Alabama. Kristina graduated from Jacksonville State University in 2015 with a bachelor's in social work. Kristina has always had a love for history …
Detrian (Dee) Sanchez
Detrian (Dee) Sanchez is a Search Angel with a passion for helping others discover their biological truth. She has a soft spot in her heart for those who find these ‘surprises’ in their families …
Eliza Watson
In 2007, Eliza had no idea that her first visit to Ireland would be a major turning point in her life. Thanks to that trip, she became a genealogist, located dozens of Irish rellies, bought …
