Calling all
Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again
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Time for some
more Genealogy Fun!!
1) Have you done an autosomal DNA test? If
so, which testing company/ies?
2) Of your Top 10 DNA matches on any site, how many are a known relative,
and are they in your family tree? No names...but give a known
relationship if possible.
3) Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or
in a Facebook Status post. Please leave a link in a comment to this
post.
Here's mine. I have listed only those I knew who they are:
At Ancestry, I have 36,703 matches, many of which I have
not even investigated. I do have close matches:
- Daughter, 3484 cM
- Brother, 2666 cM
- First cousin, once removed, paternal side, 507 cM
- First cousin, once removed, maternal side, 429 cM
- First cousin, once removed, maternal side, 364 cM
- First cousin, once removed, maternal side, 347 cM
- First cousin, once removed, maternal side, 296 cM
- First cousin, once removed, paternal side, 242 cM
- Second cousin, paternal side, 213 cM
- Third cousin, paternal side, 205 cM
At 23andMe, I have 1500 matches, again not many I have
investigated. I have a few close matches:
- Daughter, 50%
- Daughter, 50%
- Niece, paternal, 29.33%
- Bunch of 1C1R and 1C2R that I can’t identify
At MyHeritage, I have 15,070 matches. My closest matched are:
- First cousin, 2x removed on paternal side, 170.1 cM
- Second cousin, 2x removed on maternal side, 96.9 cM
At FamilyTreeDNA, I have 6090 matches. My closest marches
are:
- Paternal aunt, 1888 cM
- Maternal grandmother, 1811 cM
- First cousin, 4 times removed, 180 cM
- Second cousin, once removed, paternal side, 111 cM
At LivingDNA, I do not know who the matches are. The
highest cM is a 67.6 cM match.
Except for Ancestry, I have difficulty figuring out who the
matches are. Many have pseudonyms. I really need to work on DNA more, and
perhaps I will after I take the IGHR beginning DNA class from Patti Hobbs.
I'm starting to think that 23 and Me limits the number of matches to 1,500. It couldn't be a coincidence that you and I have the same number of matches.
ReplyDeleteIt does seem odd to have a round number like 1500.
DeleteIt looks like you have many relatives who have tested. I only have one first cousin and a handful of second cousins. It's annoying finding all the matches with pseudonyms, isn't it? I usually totally skip those matches, especially if they have a tree with one or two people.
ReplyDeleteOh, don't get me started with three-person trees with no names.
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