Questions tagged [relationship-analysis]
For questions about determining or interpreting familial relationships.
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Cousin claiming to be half sister?
Thought to be cousins, fathers are brothers, both male parents are deceased.
Is it possible to DNA test accurately enough to verify half sibling when female cousin is daughter of brother of my ...
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Understanding half first cousin DNA results when no match?
We have strong reason to believe we know who my aunt's half first cousin is. However, he is not matching her with autosomnal dna test on ancestry.
Its fair to say ok forget it but there are so many ...
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Interpreting MyHeritage DNA Match of 973cM?
I just got a DNA match at MyHeritage with 973 cM, in common, which says first cousin. My mother had one brother, and it's from her side of the family. He had a son, who passed at a young age.
I am ...
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What do I call these relatives? [duplicate]
My dad’s mother was named Thelma and his father was Claude.
Thelma was married to another man and they had a daughter named Blossom.
Claude was married to another woman and they had a son named Bill....
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Possible family relationship with 3rd cousins
I have three 3rd cousins on my mother's side with 66.1-71 cM shared between us. One is male and 2 female. These 3 cousins are 2nd cousins to each other and I believe I am their third cousin. They ...
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Are AncestryDNA matches of 904 to 1,211 cM likely to indicate half siblings?
Grandma is showing dna matches with four “1st cousins” who are all supposedly first cousins themselves. The matches are 1211, 1175, 1138, and 904 cms. There is also a match of 972 who is a brother to ...
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Possible Half Siblings? [duplicate]
Recently I was contacted by a man who feels we could be half siblings. He explained where his father had lived and I learned he and my mom had dated. My CM to his was over 2000 and ancestry.com showed ...
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Distinguishing half siblings from cousins using AncestryDNA?
My husband recently took an AncestryDNA test to see if he could find out who his father was, at least through matches.
His closest match that came up was a female who shares 1390 cms across 45 ...
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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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Is a 12 CM 1 segment match better evidence for a common ancestor if it's otherwise unlikely?
Early in my research, I had guessed that the Samuel Price listed in the 1850 census for Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (my gg-grandfather's brother) was the same person as Samuel Price ...
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Learning legal relationship to mother and father in-law when legally separated? [duplicate]
My husband was killed in a car accident however we were legally separated not divorced at the time, I have met a man and i am getting remarried and i have no idea what my "in-laws" are to me now ...
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Half-Sister/1st Cousin Shared DNA
I'm curious to know what the shared DNA would be between half-sisters who are also first cousins. If the mother of both sisters had an affair with one of the sister's father's brothers what would the ...
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Will half-brother or half-sister DNA provide more relevant info?
I was adopted and have identified my birth mother. I have 2 half-siblings though her—a brother and a sister. It turns out that my father is either the same as their father OR his brother.
Would my ...
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Private DNA Test Results for Half Sibling
I have 2 alleged fathers and have recently ruled out one of them with a private DNA test. I am now trying to determine whether the other is my father but he is deceased, so I am testing with one of ...
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Understanding second cousin match on AncestryDNA?
I am a little confused. I have a match on Ancestry.com...who by the way doesn't answer my emails which is incredibly disappointing as he is the closest match I have ever had and I've been on FTDNA for ...
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How many centimorgans should I share if second cousins marry?
My first cousin's daughter had a child with my sister's son. The child was given up for adoption. I'm matching someone on Ancestry.com with 1124 centimorgans. Not sure if this is the child and cannot ...
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Identifying half brother using AncestryDNA?
I took the ancestry.com DNA test, and have matched to several 1st cousins. recently I was notified of a match that simply says Close Family member. Our match states we match DNA of 1554cM and 49 ...
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How many Centimorgans would be shared with half niece?
My newly discovered half sister has a child.
Around how many centimorgans do you think i should share with her?
I am not looking for an exact number. I'm looking for a range.
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What relation is my Half-Aunt to her DNA Matches?
I have recently discovered through an Ancestry DNA test + GEDMatch that my Aunt is my half-Aunt and that she and my mother don't share the same biological father. Looking at my Aunt's DNA Matches on ...
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I don't know who my dad is but I have DNA paternal matches
I have DNA matches on Ancestry.com but none high enough to be my father. However, all the matches point to a common name as our ancestor.
The highest match is 959 over 42 but the person it matches ...
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Not sharing any centimorgans with person who mother shares 102cM?
My mother (age 96) shares 102.1 cM with a man (age 72). However, I do not share any cMs with him.
What could their relationship be and why don't I share any cMs with him?
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Does AncestryDNA match of 1,697cM indicate half sibling or aunt?
I just received my AncestryDNA results. It shows I have a close family match with a woman who would be my grandmother, aunt, or half-sibling. We matched 1,697cM with 51 shared segments.
It cannot be ...
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Is AncestryDNA match of 1,655 cM a half sibling?
Shared DNA: 1,655 cM across 46 segments.
Can someone that shows this as one of my matches on AncestryDNA be a half sibling?
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AncestryDNA showing No Match for Half Aunt?
My father's half sister just posted her AncestryDNA results.
I did not come up as a match, nor did my sister.
Does this mean that my father's dad is not really his dad, or could there be another ...
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Is AncestryDNA match of 2,063 cM a half sibling?
I am new to AncestryDNA and my results came back with my top match having 2,063 centimorgans out of 62 segments saying close family.
Would this be a half-sibling?
The match is a few years older ...
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Deducing relationship from DNA results for two matches at two different websites?
My father was adopted and, while I’ve had my DNA tested, he is not quite ready to do so. I’ve found some fairly close matches, one that shares 9.8% (692.7 cM) and another that shares 14.4% (979 cM). ...
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Understanding close family match from AncestryDNA?
I took the AncestryDNA test. It came back with:
Close family male, 2022 cM shared across 60 DNA segments.
1st cousin match female, 1194 cM shared across 48 segments.
It turns out the female 1st ...
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Interpreting results of siblingship test?
My sister and I suspect we have different fathers.
We took a siblingship test through DDC. The results are a little confusing and honestly, they put our wet swabs each in a paper envelope and then ...
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What is family connection for 1722 cM match?
I have a DNA match with a man that AncestryDNA discovered. The match is DNA 1722 cM across 62 DNA segments. I have messaged the guy to try and talk with him and discover how we are related. He seems ...
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Is autosomal DNA match of 2,277 cM a full sibling?
My sister and I share 2,277 centimorgans. It seems low for full sibling but high for half sibling.
Any thoughts?
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Possible Half Sibling
I was adopted as a small child and have never known my natural mother or father. I recently completed an AncestryDNA test and have been matched against a lady with a score of 1,912 cM across 73 ...
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Can the amount of saliva affect how many centiMorgans are shared between 1st cousins?
I share 279 centimorgans with a 1st cousin in 12 segments. I don't believe that is enough to be considered 1st cousins. She says she couldn't spit a lot.
Would a small amount of spit affect the ...
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How can 3/4 siblings share a mother but not paternal ancestry?
My family is running the DNA test gauntlet and my dad got back some interesting results. He is related to his half sister (1,687 cM across 66 segments) at a level that is to be expected. He is ...
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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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Understanding second cousin predictions from AncestryDNA?
I have three extremely high second cousin predictions from my father's side. I do not know my anything about my biological father (Name, age, etc..).
My top matches are:
R - 619 cM across 39 ...
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Sisters who match to me have very different centimorgans?
I have done a DNA test and show a 2nd cousin match with 313 cM and then a 4th cousin match with 67cM yet these two matches are sisters with the same parents.
How is this possible?
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Perplexing Shared DNA Data - First Cousin Once Removed or Half Niece?
My sister and I recently did DNA tests through 23&Me.
We found out we have a surprise relative about 27 years younger than us (a generation younger). She has about 8.5% shared DNA or around 577 ...
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Understanding Half Siblings and Half Cousin terminology?
My mother was adopted and recently I was able to connect the dots and locate her birth families, so now the fun begins. I am confused in regards to the situation of a person having 3 paternal siblings ...
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How could we be related. All combinations make zero sense
I the poster is K2 as related below
Objective:
Learn how T and G fit into the K's tree T&G appeared in DNA match with CM to K2 (K1 is still in testing)
BackGround
T and G are siblings born ...
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Understanding AncestryDNA match of 1,866 cM if not Half Sibling?
I have somewhat recently started using Ancestry.com, so just a fair warning that I'm still learning how everything works!
That being said, I am the child of my biological mother, who I know, and an ...
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Relationship to DNA match who may share my mother with my great-uncle
I know this will sound far-fetched, but maybe someone can help me.
DNA Match through Ancestry shows:
'First Cousin' match at 820 CM over 37 segments (Let's call him Tom)
'Second Cousin' match at 541 ...
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Can half siblings share no common DNA?
My half sister and I share the same father, but different mothers. Because my paternity was questionable we both did an Ancestry DNA test....I matched to relatives of my grandmother and she didn't.......
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What is “dritter Grad der Blutsverwandtschaft” (third degree/grade of blood relationship)
Just found the term "dritter Grad der Blutsverwandtschaft" in a 1793 marriage record of northern Alsace. I know that I can translate this to "third degree or grade of blood relationship", but that ...
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What is “Geschwisterkind von muetterlicher seit”?
I have a death record from 1790 Alsace. It concerns a one-year old child named Johann Philipp Gassmann, son of Johann Erhardt Gassmann and Margaretha Bley. As seems customary in Alsace at the time, ...
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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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Why would my Full sibling results 99.7% be so close to my half sibling DNA result 99.6% with my sister
I recently had sibling DNA testing done with what I thought was my half sister. Our full sibling results were 99.7%. And our half sibling results were 99.6%. I called Genex the company that did the ...
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Possible half-sibling based on matching Centimorgans
I have been using Ancestry.com for years. A year back I submitted my DNA test. I have had quite a few matches that land in the distant relative to 3rd or 2nd cousin range.
Recently, I was notified ...
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Could “Our Mother” be a term of endearment on 1855 headstone?
In researching my great great grandmother, Elizabeth Cowan Short, I have located her death record in Franklin County, Ohio, USA (1896), as well as her burial record. They record her birth as 29 ...
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Shared centimorgans of second cousins with different paternal grandfathers?
I'm new. Just reading the useful answer to a question about shared centimorgans of first cousins with different paternal grandmothers. I share 238 cM with a second cousin. We can be pretty sure that ...
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Determining if 2nd cousin is father from DNA test?
My partner is waiting on her DNA results. She strongly suspects that her 2nd cousin is her father (long story).
Will the DNA results reveal the possibility from more concentrated markers, or less ...
