Unanswered Questions
19 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Can I determine the relationship between Mary Anne Wright (nee Harper) and Charles William Kimmons?
In the 1901 census for England, Mary Ann Wright (nee Harper) was living in Kings Norton, Worcestershire (not Birmingham) with her husband Stanley and her children.
In the 1911 census she's shown as a ...
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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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Second cousins or double second cousins?
My parents share a set of first cousins but don’t share any common ancestors. I then share four great grandparents with my second cousins. Would they be considered my second cousins or double second ...
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Why might a free woman have a child with a slave?
Below is is a baptism record for a child Samuel in the Virgin Islands. The columns are for parents' names, then occupation, then civil status, then day baptized and then where they live. Eve is free ...
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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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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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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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Using DNA to find biological father
I have done both 23 & me and Ancestry trying to gets leads on who in the world my birth father could be. My mom truly can’t recall.
I found a first cousin or potential great aunt I think. She ...
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Would half siblings share the same DNA links to extended family
I've matched with either a half sibling\aunt or niece on MyHeritage - we chatted and it seems like we share the same father. However, I have links to a 1st cousin once removed or second cousin, for ...
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What is the relationship based on shared DNA
We are trying to find out information regarding my mothers biological father side of the family. My mom was adopted in 1945 and later in life discovered her biological mother but not her biological ...
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Distinguishing half siblings from first cousins (possible fathers are brothers) using shared cM
Regarding half siblings, sent my DNA to Ancestry came to a match
of half sibling at 1530 cMs @ 99% half sibling however was in contact with such match and he is claiming my father or one his two ...
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ALL 23andme matches link via one grandparent?
I have spent hours today looking at my 23andme DNA matches, and while I have not checked every single one, it seems to me that ALL of them descend from ancestors of my paternal grandmother. I am 100% ...
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Half siblings or double cousins?
MB= my brother (1/2 sibling)
MC=cousin (our mother's sister's daughter given up for adoption-no longer married to SS)
DC=cousin to both of us but either 1/2 sibling to my brother or double cousin)
AS= ...
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