I happen to know how two of these people are related to me, so I can begin my “shared tree” there, adding other people as I figure out their shared relationships. For example, if a match is my second cousin and also a second cousin to another match, chances are really good that w...
Gilad had several wonderful announcements, but the one I’m most excited about is their new Cousin Finder. Cousin Finder finds and reveals cousins who are DNA candidates if they have not yet taken a DNA test. I’ll be writing more about the MyHeritage announcements soon, but you canread the...
This could indicate that you have a DNA match who might not have enough shared DNA to match everyone in a particular cluster, something that you would see in a more distant relative like a 2nd cousin of yours not matching a lot of your common 3rd cousins. That is basically how clusters...
Basic education critical for everyone about yourchromosomes and genealogy. You can’t understand genetic genealogy without understanding this basic information, and whypeople who match you on the same segment may not match each other. Don’t be lulled into incorrect conclusions. Which articles were y...
Your distant cousins must share common ancestors with you. For example, a third cousin will share a pair of great-great grandparents. But you can’t tell which pair. You need to work backwards in time to identify all 16 of your match’s great-great grandparents. Then work forward in time...
If this person has 600 or more 4th cousins you might check theSkip Distant Cousin Matchesbox to save time. With fewer fourth cousins, get them all. In either case, you can check theQuicker Match Gatherbox. Now click theGather Matchesbutton. This creates a spreadsheet file called m_profile...
With this below average trend of shared DNA, is it possible that my 5th cousin and her Aunt would only share 4 to 5 cM with me, if I uploaded my DNA to Gedmatch? I would expect so. I did notice an online chart, similar to the DNA Detectives chart on that also. Reply mskitty ...
DNA samples were submitted by myself and a fifth cousin. Dr. Wilson has now confirmed that a YSNP is indeed there in the flanking region of DYS 441 for the Kerchner family. He has designated it as S48. And the Kerchner family is S48+....
All BLAIRs are encouraged to participate in the Blair DNA Project. Male BLAIRs may participate directly. Because females do not have the Y-chromosome they can only participate through a male BLAIR relative (father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin). Each male participant will provide a mout...
GEDmatch: How to Use This Valuable DNA Tool Think of GEDmatch as a matchmaking service for all your possible cousin connections. Use these five steps to analyze your DNA with this third-party tool. DNAGedcom Rob Warthen launchedDNAGedcomin February 2013 with tools allowing users to download...