Unanswered Questions
36 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Deciding between two competing theories - who am I anyway?
My great(5)-grandfather Daniel Cooper arrived in the US around 1695 (maybe he was born here, maybe born at sea), and while his descendants are relatively well documented, nothing is known for sure ...
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ySearch Markers
Can any one explain why some of the test on ySearch are listed as FTDNA but have a different set of markers? I.E. in some cases the first 37 markers are missing, in some cases there seems to be a ...
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Why do I get a better match on mitoSearch than FamilyTreeDNA?
For my cousin's mtDNA test (C52RJ) on FamilyTreeDNA, my closest matches are all 2 mutations away, I exported to mitoSearch, and there I find an exact match with TXANE, and the match shows as coming ...
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Identifying John Morgan, son of Thomas D. Morgan (1809-1870)?
I have a real dilemma. I have found a DNA link to the Thomas Morgan (1791-1860) family through Frances Denira "Fanny" Morgan (1821-1899), daughter of Benjamin Francis Morgan (1762-1835), who was the ...
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Getting certified as genetic genealogist
Do you have any recommendations on how to get certification as a genetic genealogist?
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How can you use FamilyTreeDNA's Search tool to contact matches / find contact information?
How can you use FamilyTreeDNA's Search tool to contact matches / find contact information?
I have been continually challenged (as described in the challenges below) by trying to figure out how to use ...
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Determining parent ethnicity
My father and I both took Ancestry.com DNA tests. His came back 100% European Jewish, while mine came back 37% Italian and 63% European Jewish.
Does this most likely mean my mom is 26% European Jewish?...
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Birth Record Missing: Joseph C. (POLEO) O'BRIEN 1921 - 1981
My project invlolves finding the proof of birth for:
Joseph C. (POLEO) O'BRIEN (born, orphaned, adopted?)
Apparent info (not certain) is:
BIRTH 05 JUN 1921 • Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
DEATH 11 ...
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Incest and Shared CentiMorgan Theory. Half/Full Sibling and a Single Transverse Palmar Crease
My female ‘half sibling?’ and I, also female, share 2,129 cM.
We DO NOT share the same father.
DNA testing revealed that conclusively.
Ancestry puts us into Close Family/1st Cousin.
DNA painter ...
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Have I found both biological parents, one biological parent or should I keep looking?
My husband's mother was adopted without any records (1910 NYC). I located her biological paternal family along with several possible brothers through DNA. I cannot locate her biological maternal ...
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Is the relationship an aunt /niece or half sister to my mother?
I am a genetics beginner:
A little back story: My mother was adopted at birth. She found her birth mother and siblings back in the 90s. The birth mother was deceased at the time, and we also ...
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Autosomal DNA Chromsome Browser - Is there such a thing as a 'family trait' of shared segments?
I realize the passing of genes is approximately 50/50 (reference Generational Loss of Data with DNA testing) with each generation and which genes are passed are commonly referred to as 'random' based ...
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Understanding daughter's 314 centimorgans with half nephew
My daughter just learned she shared 314 centimorgans with a boy we believed was her half brothers son.
I have just sent in my sample as the supposed father of her 50 year old half brother.
We are all ...
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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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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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