Relative Genetics is a genealogical company specializing in DNA testing. It was founded to assist individuals with their family history pursuits by applying genetic techniques to established genealogical research methods. We aim to help others establish relationships and identity among individuals through comprehensive DNA testing, genetic interpretation, and genealogical analysis.

Relative Genetics is located in Salt Lake City, UT and is a business unit of Sorenson Genomics. We have established strategic partnerships with other organizations that share our integrity and high standards for quality. Relationships with these organizations help us reach the diversity of individuals wanting to know more about their family heritage through DNA testing.

Our vision is to spread the use of genetics in genealogical research, helping extend family connections with both the living and the dead by connecting, verifying and discovering “genetic cousins, and to help individuals propagate their legacy for the future (Making your past > your present > to the future). In short, we want to provide a tool which no genealogist can live without. Our company vision transcends becoming the most dependable and extensive DNA testing facility in the world, by aiming to help families, across the globe, reconnect and reconstruct their family trees.

Heirlines Family History & Genealogy is one of the premier professional genealogy research companies, having served thousands of clients for almost four decades. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, the heartland of ancestral research and home of the world’s largest Family History Library, Heirlines uses the Internet, microfilmed and original record sources from across the globe to discover and document their clients’ true ancestries. Setting the standard for twenty-first century family history research, each Heirlines research project is conducted by skilled and credentialed genealogists.

Heirlines explores and analyzes available historical and genealogical resources and prepares professional genealogy reports, adhering to the standards of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Board for Certification of Genealogists, and The International Commission for the Accreditation of Genealogists. Extensive experience and a solid knowledge of traditional research skills, combined with cutting edge technology affords Heirlines the opportunity to provide their clients with the most accurate and completely documented family trees available in the industry.

Building upon the vision of founder and president, James W. Petty, Heirlines is embarking on a new era of research using DNA analysis and the potential to connect family lines that were previously thought impossible. The impact of the lives of our ancestors and their place in history can never be fully understood and honored until we find out who they were and how they lived. America’s history is embedded in the DNA of her people and their ancestors. By discovering that history, we are discovering ourselves.