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I'm confused about my Ancestry DNA test

On my DNA results page, initially there is woman who matches as Close family - first cousin so I assumed she could be the daughter of my great uncle (my father's uncle). Then a recent update occured ...
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How many centiMorgans should we share?

Sally and Sidney are our great grandparents. Their daughter Susan is my grandmother and her Brother Peter is my cousins grandfather. Susan's son Frank is my father and my cousins Mother is Ruth. Frank'...
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Is 64.2% / 4776 cM full sibling an outlier?

According to 23andme, my younger brother and I (male) matched 64.2% with 4776 cM. That seemed weird since our matches with our parents are the normal ~50% or just under. This is very much not my field,...
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What does 1 morgan (or 100 centimorgan) mean? [duplicate]

I'm used to seeing genetic drift measured in centimorgan units. The presence of the "centi" prefix implies there is a morgan unit equal to 100 centimorgan. However, looking at lists showing ...
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