Bring your family's history alive!
Bespoke Family History Creations
The Heritage Tree Collection is where your family's history comes alive. We are purveyors of beautiful bespoke family history creations that tell the story and preserve the history of your family.
About The Heritage Tree Collection
Our Mission: to capture our client's family history and transform it into stunning pieces of art that will last many generations to come
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"Our bespoke family history creations are fully dedicated to the visual storytelling of our client's family history and ancestral origins over centuries, sometimes even millennia. We are committed to an outstanding level of personalised and dignified service, while respecting our clients wishes for discretion and privacy at all times."
Daniel N. Arnold, founder
The "Family Reunion Series"
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Original Commission:
"Mayflower & Gateway Series"
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Original Commission:
"Ancestral Lands Series"
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Original Commission:
"The Heritage Tree Series"
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"We are purveyors of
beautiful and historically accurate family history creations.
Bespoke Artistic Vision
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Antique Framing
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Printing & Finishing Touches
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Past client projects
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Project "Johnson" - completed 01/26
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Key aspects
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"Ancestral Lands Series" Original Commission
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Overall size (incl frame): 102x92cm/5''x4''
Artwork size: 82x65cm/4''x3'' -
Client is a Massachusetts family with roots going back to mainly England
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Multiple connections to English aristocracy and Norman conquerors
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Direct line to a Mayflower passenger
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Early settler history in Massachusetts and Connecticut
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Express request for "understatement"
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Artwork to be presented at family reunion as first prize in a charity raffle
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Printed copies to be made available to invitees
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Timeframe: approx. 3 months turnaround, from briefing to family reunion event
Guidance: we only have an annual capacity to serve between 3 and 4 clients on this level of creative performance ("i.e. the Ancestral Lands Series" Original Commission). To avoid disappointment and missed event dates, we kindly request expressions of interest at your earliest convenience. Thank you.
Deliverables
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Comprehensive research and documentation of ancestral lines, completion to approx. 14th century
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Selection of lines of particular interest, some going back to the 8th century
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Family tree showing ancestral origins, armorials & heraldry, geographic references to the family's journey from England in the 13th century to the early migrants to America in the 17th century and on to the family's 19th century patriarch, whose lineage back over six generations is depicted in a mult-layered elaborately designed family tree.
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Framed in a hand-selected antique baroque frame from the late 18th century, sourced in Germany
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Printed on Hahnemühle 200g art professional paper
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Ready-to-frame full colour reprints of the family tree, delivered in cardboard rolls for each invitee
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Family history book containing information about the family's lineages, diagrams, photos and a name register on 70 pages. Printed in full colour for each invitee.
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Fully digital tree uploaded to one of the major family history platforms
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Delivery of the final work and copies of products to the family in Delaware USA by air courier
Project "Renard"
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Project "Mayflower"
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Royal Blood: Tracing Kathy's DNA back to England
Service: Identification of a biological relative (DNA)
Kathy had previously undergone a genetic analysis using MyHeritage’s autosomal DNA testing but was perplexed by the unexpected results. Her genetic profile indicated a significant number of relatively close matches in England, an anomaly given her documented French lineage. Seeking to resolve these discrepancies and authenticate her ancestral tree, she engaged our expertise in advanced genetic genealogy. Through meticulous research, we uncovered an unexpected truth—her presumed great-grandfather was not her biological ancestor. Instead, a new ancestral lineage emerged, deeply rooted in English heritage, leading us to trace her genetic inheritance through some of Europe’s most historically significant noble and royal bloodlines.
To establish scientific validity, we employed a two-phase approach. Initially, we conducted a generational validation by cross-referencing DNA segments against verified ancestral lines, identifying inconsistencies within one specific branch. Subsequently, we performed a quantitative analysis of her genetic matches in Lancashire, England, employing chromosomal triangulation techniques to pinpoint the ancestral connection. This necessitated reconstructing the genealogical profiles of four high-confidence DNA relatives, tracing their pedigrees back to the 15th century. Through phylogenetic comparison, we identified a common progenitor—a pivotal ancestor whose lineage provided the missing link in Barb’s genetic puzzle.
Once this complex genealogical framework was meticulously aligned, a remarkable pattern emerged. Over 50 of Barb’s English DNA relatives converged within a single ancestral cluster, providing robust statistical confirmation of her true great-grandfather. The findings were corroborated using advanced computational tools, including segment-based DNA analysis and probabilistic ancestry modeling, to ensure the accuracy of the reconstructed lineage. Each identified sub-branch underwent further validation using chromosome mapping techniques to eliminate ambiguities.
Following this breakthrough, Kathy's verified ancestry was traced across multiple centuries, leading to a remarkable discovery—her newly confirmed ancestor was a direct descendant of Lady Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England. Due to the extensive historical documentation of European aristocratic lineages, her genealogy was subsequently expanded to include the Tudor and Plantagenet dynasties, as well as their illustrious forebears. The research further established her genetic ties to Saint Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev, and King Charles I of France. Additionally, through another branch, Kathy was found to share a common ancestor with Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Astonishingly, despite his humble origins in Michigan, USA, Kathy's great-grandfather possessed a lineage interwoven with some of history’s most influential dynasties.
