Questions tagged [relationship-analysis]
For questions about determining or interpreting familial relationships.
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How close is someone with 751cM
I am 75 years old. A guy on Ancestry is in his mid/late 80s. We live on opposite sides of the Atlantic (UK/Canada) but his grandparents came from the same town as my maternal grandmother and was a ...
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Confirming my real (genetic) grandfather from 23andMe results
I recently found a photo of my maternal grandparent’s wedding party. I’ll refer to my maternal grandparents as GM (grandmother) and GF (grandfather). I was surprised to see that one of the people in ...
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My sons DNA show who my possible father is. Paternal side
My biological father could be my step grandfather. He is dead and so are all his siblings.
Would my sons DNA show my paternal side?
I am a woman.
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Can aunt and her nephew's dna trace line to see if aunt's mother (nephew's grandmother) is her biological mother?
My Mom has had her DNA done, and her nephew, her sister's son, had his. There has always been a reason to believe that her mother is not her biological mother and my 89-year-old Mother really wants to ...
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On FamilySearch, is it possible to find how I am related to someone more than 15/16 generations back?
First, I found the question Tracing relationships on FamilySearch's Family Tree through more than 15 generations? which is very similar, but I was not satisfied with the answer (and maybe a new ...
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Using DNA to identify deceased grandfather
After discovering my grandfather wasn't related (my DNA showed zero relative matches on all sites for this man) I had my 3 brothers, a sister, my niece, and 2 of my children (who are half-siblings) ...
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Distinguishing mother from sister using autosomal DNA matches
M (female) matches F (female) with 2923 cM half identical (51 segments) and 866 cM (identical) on 37 segments. Longest segment is 184 cM on the X chromosome. Have a 135.04 segment on another ...
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How to calculate relationship between two members in an Ancestry public tree
If I'm looking at someone else's Ancestry public family tree, how do I calculate the relationship between two people in their tree? Even just to be able to calculate the relationship to the home ...
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Representing genealogy when multiple intra-familial marriages occurred
I searched this site and found a similar question from 2012. I'm hoping that genealogy programs have improved since then. I have a genealogy in which multiple intrafamilial marriages occurred. ...
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Looking for article on Edith Cromwell / Oliver Cromwell
I have an ancestor born Edith Cromwell who married Christopher Gist in the 1600s. Many people believe that she was a close relative of the famous Oliver Cromwell. But long ago, I read a convincing ...
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Can paternal half sisters share only 16% dna?
My mom was adopted and knew nothing about her biological dad. We know her biological mother and her family. I'm looking for her bio dad. We both tested on Ancestry. I tested first, and I did the ...
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Is autosomal DNA testing sensitive enough to distinguish non-paternity events many generations ago?
I have been researching my family line for decades, and have run into quite a brick wall with my earliest known progenitor, Daniel Cooper Sr. (1695-1795). There is an oft-repeated story about him ...
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1st – 2nd Cousin 395 cM | 6% shared DNA Father's side [duplicate]
I've connected with a cousin on ancestry.com and 23andme and dna doesn't lie he is my cousin. however we cannot find out who our common ancestor is. 1st – 2nd Cousin
395 cM | 6% shared DNA
Father's ...
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Thought godmother wasn’t related, but she’s a MATCH?
Close Family – 1st Cousin
24% sharedd DNA: 1,677 cM across 42 segments.
I was always under the impression that my godmother was not my relative, but, much to my surprise, the above results came back ...
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Distinguishing niece from sister using shared percentage DNA [duplicate]
On Ancestry who I thought was my niece my oldest sisters child shared 49% -56% dna how is that possible ?
I also have a first cousin who shares 26% yet his sister only shares 6% why is that
