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- Your AncestryDNA test results contain a list of Cousin Matches. Join Crista Cowan for a look at each of the possible categories of matches and what the possible relationships are in each.
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Recently I was connected to my half-niece through the dna match. She is listed as my "first cousin." But this video helped me to understand why that was. Soon we will have a family reunion. And I will be able to meet my half- brother and his family for the first time. I am so excited. God is good.
Can you help me?
Science is gooder.
@@ranger1496 lol my thoughts exactly
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Thank you Crista. Well presented and much appreciated.
Hi! Thank you for posting this video! It’s been really helpful.
Thank you for this video. This information was so detailed and well explained. I actually could follow you. I'm Learning.
Such a great informative video! I must share this
Wonderful information! I didn’t fully understand until now!! Thank you!
WOW, Crista! Even after 8 years, DNA always has been hard to understand! But with charts and all your valuable information, I will start to go back onto my DNA and look at it a little differently! When I first started the DNA program, I didn't have many relationships, but now, oh my goodness I have a lot. I just haven't had enough time to go through these and understand what they meant! So Thanks again, Crista for all your expertise!
You are so very welcome! 😊
Great video Crista..thx
Thank you for breaking this down for me. Thanks to your family as well.
My grandmother’s mother died in childbirth. Her father subsequently married her mother’s sister and had several more children. What would that relationship be considered? They were siblings on the paternal side and first cousins on the maternal side. And, how does that continue through the generations. Were my dad’s maternal cousins half first cousins or first cousins once removed because they shared great grandparents?
Thank you so much I have just started my DNA journey . This was very informational and appreciated
Wow - this is mind blowing but so helpful!
I have just received my DNA results and I have matches/hints that are 7th cousins! Boileau DNA is strong. Boileau is our common ancestor. My cousin Seth was listed as a possible 4-6th cousin but he is my 2nd cousin. We have the same great grandparents. His grandmother is my grandfather's sister, Seth's mom is my dad's cousin.
Andrea Mead I also have a (half) second cousin that matches me at 20 cm, 4-6 cousins... I was worried maybe our grandparents weren’t real half siblings. Good to know this happened with someone else
Thank you Crista. This was very useful!
Wow. Just started watching your videos. Very well done and educational.
Crista,
Thank you ... I am trying to get caught up on on the videos for both Ancestry and FTM.
Random DNA is interesting ... I have a 1st cousin 1x removed that is only 15 cM to me. I think this is really a LOW number of cMs; but we additionally have at least two other connections which I would think might bring us closer.
Thoughts?
Kathy
Nope, not difficult at all once Crista explains it!
Christa, thank you for this information. Yours was the best explanation I've seen so far regarding how to interpret DNA results. I will print out one of those charts myself and keep it close to my desk for future reference. On another subject, regarding management of our Ancestry DNA matches; there is a tool to add a note code to each of our matches. However, after we add a note, it does not show up on the main page of matches. You have to click on each match to see the note you wrote for that particular match. I think it would be nice time saver if the notes appeared on the main page of our matches. That way you could see the notes as you scroll down the main page. I use the notes code to show surnames I share with each particular match. If those surnames appeared on the main page, I would not have to click on each one to see how I match with them. Conversely, I could locate a particular match quickly if the surnames were visible.
+Richard Oelkers Thanks so much for your kind words. The notes do actually show up on the main page of matches. You will see a little note icon next to the name of the match. Click that icon and you will get a little pop up window with the note. You don't have to click on the view match and wait for the match page to load. Additionally, if you use Google Chrome, one of our DNA customers has written a free Chrome app that you can add to your browser from the Google Chrome App store, that allows you to search those notes and pull up a list of people who all have the same surname in the note. Pretty handy! (Crista)
The new feature reporting the amount of DNA shared (in centimorgans) is a step in the right direction, but detailed matching segment information would be infinitely better.
Thank you, this was helpful
We're so happy to hear that you found this segment helpful, Babs. We hope you'll watch other segments of Crista's. She is so informative and has great tips to share. Please let us know if you have any questions.
I am interested in finding ancestors of my 9th great grandfather. Will the autosomal type test be useful or is the Ychrome test best for finding matches this far back? I know he came to the colonies from England, but do not know anything about where he was originally from. So I am trying to locate people in England who have a tree going back to the 1500s that share surename and dna. I have had some limited luck with ychrome (found surename and dna match but their trees only go back to the 1700s), but was hoping I might have some luck with autosomal results.. but given the diminishing dna... it seems trying to go back that far is not really possible... do you agree? Thanks.
Hi Crista. So what do we do when there are no shared surnames in our trees? I've uploaded my DNA results to GEDmatch, which tells you the main chromosome you have the most in common, as has one of my matches, but we don't know which branch of the tree that might be. Her tree is private, so Ancestry was not able to glean information that way. However, she has shared her tree with me. All I can do is look through her list of names to see if any matches jump out at me. What's next?
Love your video's!
Sue
+Sue Nelson Pay attention to birth locations as well. I have seen families where surnames have been changed - one or two children take one surname, the rest of the children take another. So, look for places and times where your families might have intersected. Also keep in mind that one or both of you could have a mis-attributed parentage in your tree. Locations and SHARED MATCHES might help uncover that.
Hi Crista,
wonder if yall still see this since its been more than five years, but I just received my results back and I have not Paternal Matches on my ThruLines. I was wondering if I was correct to say that meant that no one on my paternal side has tested? I looking to find my paternal side hence the question. Thank yall for the time.
My grandparents were first cousins. Just wondering how that would break down in terms of percentages of DNA .
Hi crista was wondering if you could help me... I recently got a DNA match who came up and a 1st cousin... it says Amount of shared DNA is 913 centimorgans across 41 DNA segments... what would this person be to me?
Crista is there a video on DNA connections for half siblings? if so what is it called? When I look on my DNA matches how will a half sibling come up as?
A half-sibling will share about 25% of their DNA with you (as opposed to the 50% that a full sibling will share). On Ancestry, we put all family members who share 25% of their DNA (half-siblings, aunts/uncles, nieces/nephews, grandparents/grandchildren) in the CLOSE FAMILY category.
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Double first cousins also occur between children of identical twins. I have a friend whose father was an identical twin, so her uncle's children are her double cousins.
+Michele Mandrioli Children of identical twins actually share the same amount of DNA as half-siblings.
Where can I suggest ancestry putting the surname matches on the first page when you place a star.I have about 70+ stared matches but have to spend time opening each match to see which surname is a match.My surnames consist of Tyler, Richards, Martin, Carlock, on my father's side and Powers, Fulton, Dozer, Sigler on my moms. If I'm working on my Carlocks. I have to open each stared match to see the surname that it matches. Or is there a way to separate my stared items by surname?
On each match page, as you review the match and determine who the common ancestors are or might be, put that information in the NOTE field. Then, when you are on the match list page, you don't have to click through to view the match in order to see the note. Hope that helps.
Thank you, it does help.
Crista you mention that you manage multiple family members. Can you manage them all on one account in one tree??? If so how??? Thank you!
Good information - thanks however you describe the "I" icon to see the number of centimorgans in a match however this symbol does not appear on my screen. Is there an additional step to see this information?
+Richard Rosenstock - I had the same problem - you just have to click on "View Match" for the person in question and the "i" icon appears.
Thanks -
Can you find family members that you dont know though ancestory I'm planning yo do this
My daughter had back surgery and was given a bone from a cadaver . will that DNA show up in her DNA test? or even when a person has a blood transfusion does it change the DNA?
I small point here. Barring rare exceptions, you get exactly 50% (13 of your 26 chromosomes) of your DNA from each parent. However, your father's contribution is a shuffled combination of his father's and mother's DNA (and same for your mother's controbution). Likewise,, you will pass on to your children 50% of their DNA, but it will be a shuffled combination of your father's and mother's contributions. The shuffling is completely separate and different for each egg or sperm passed on, so the chance of getting cloned identical children is atronomical, except for the case of identical twins/triplets/etc.
Concievably the shuffling might, in the DNA from your father, give you all the DNA from his father and none from his mother; that is one possibility of the shuffling, but there are millions of possible shufflings, so it is rare for the shuffling to be very far from a 50/50 split. However, this tells you that contributions from distant ancestors can be lost altogether in fovor of others in a totally random fashion.
I really enjoy your videos, but why is the speed always off? The sound never matches up with your voice. I try to adjust it, but then you're either talking too fast or too slow. Is there a way to fix this?
Sandie - I'm not sure. I know on some of the older videos this was a problem due to the production software I was using. But, with the newer videos this shouldn't still be a problem on the production end. Maybe a problem on the playback side. Sorry I'm not more help. (~Crista)
I just got my AncestryDNA results and I am an adoptee. I have someone who showed up in my 1st cousins list who I share 701 centimorgabs across 33 segments of our DNA. This video was very helpful to me in understanding some of this. Especially the explanation of how individuals in the 1st cousin list can actually have a different relationship to us than a first cousin. The thing that is perplexing to me is I am 35 years old and ahe is 84 years old, so I feel like the likelihood of us being first cousins is not very high but maybe ahe is a possible great aunt? Regardless does that mean we share a grandparent?
Susie - Based on your ages and shared amount of DNA, I would hypothesize that one of her full siblings (if she has any) is your grandparent or, it is possible that one of her half-siblings (if she has any) is your biological parent.
@@AncestryUS thanks for the reply, I looked at her family tree and she has 3 sisters and no brothers. I figured thos must be on my biodads side of the family because I know some things about my mother and who her parents were but nothing about my dad. I'm a genealogy beginner and have really enjoyed these videos. So very helpful thanks for the reply!
Thank you so much for all
of this information. It’s very helpful. I do have a question. If I only share 1885 cM with a family member, is there any chance at all that we are full siblings? I’ve researched various charts and saw that there may be a slim outlier that it may be possible. I do not know how valid this data is. I have a distant 4th cousin with the same last name, but he doesn’t appear on my siblings matches. Conversely, they have siblings that share matches that do not appear on my list. It’s a bit confusing, so I would appreciate your feedback!
Hi Andrea, thank you for getting in touch today, we would be delighted to shine some light on the subject for you! As a general rule of thumb, when referring to full sibling there would need to be a shared centimorgan range of: 2,200-3,300 centimorgans. Someone in this category is likely a brother or sister who shares both biological parents with you. In the rare situation that you have a half sibling who is also your first cousin, they may appear in this category too.
In your case with the given centimorgans, we would consider this a Close Family relationship.
Shared centimorgan range: 1,300-2,200 centimorgans
Degrees of separation: 2-4
Here's an idea of the possible relationships:
- Aunt or uncle
- Great-grandparent or great-grandchild
- Niece or nephew
- Half sibling
- Grandparent or grandchild
- Double first cousin
We Hope this gives you some insight of the relationship that may be attached to this match! Have a lovely day Andrea.
@@AncestryUS thanks so much for your expedient reply. Just to confirm, are you saying that there is no chance for any small outliers (meaning the probability is null)? It’s such a delicate matter that I don’t want to assume anything…I’m sure you can appreciate the eggshells I’m walking on here, lol! 😀
What service do I subscribe to to see who is the common ancestor?
You would need to have an Ancestry subscription in order to see the trees of other users, including the Shared Ancestor hints in AncestryDNA.
Do these charts still exist on Ancestry like the one at the 20:
I don’t think so, I never saw it before
Are you by any chance related to a Susan Woodruff, born in New York or CT, c. 1804, who married a Lyman Walker? Long shot, but just curious.
Not that I'm aware of. I've got my Woodruffs back into Ohio in 1830s. So, maybe.
I'm interested in researching my dads line. He passed when I was young. I have had my moms dna tested. I know I can see the matches that i share with my mom, but is there a way to see the matches I DON'T share with my mom?
One suggestion: View Shared Matches with your mom. Star all the matches you have in common with her. Then, when you go back to your complete match list, anything that does not have a star on it, is likely from your father's side.
What is the relationship of Centimorgans to number of DNA segments?
+George Zuckerman We actually just posted on our blog yesterday about this. You can find that entry here: blogs.ancestry.com/techroots/behind-the-new-ancestrydna-feature-amount-of-shared-dna/
I would like to look at my ancestory and connect my dna to it . For conformation that I am right who my ancestors are.
I can truly say Ancestry is very accurate. I had a confusion. My grandmother and my great grandmother(mother and daughter) were both side by side under my GREAT great grandmother when you click on her name for the Thrulines. I was trying to figure it out and then I asked my aunt. Well, come to find out they are siblings. My great grandma was molested by her father. Needless to say I was shocked and horrified. I have more surprises. The dna said my mothers brother(my uncle is my 2 second cousin and my other uncles (his and my mothers brother) was also my second cousin. How is this possible. Please let me know what you think. Nothing can top the first story so tell me what I need to know. Although I’ve asked my mother and she said one of them has a different father. He’s the baby but the oldest one she doesn’t know. So my question is………is it possible for a my mothers brother(my uncle) to come up as a second cousin? Forgot to mention my uncle(mothers brother) has 533 cm with me. Says 8% sharing dna.
Hi ZeeQQ, thank you for the question. Has your mother or any of her siblings taken the AncestryDNA test? If they are able to take the test it may shed some more light on how they are related and on your results. It is important to note that we are not geneticists here on the customer support team and would not be able to interpret your results. We do have an article on our support site where you can learn a bit more about the match categories, support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-Match-Categories?language=en_US
A man popped op as a close family match with 2032 cm with me. I have no idea who he is but he’s only a few years older than me. Is this a possible cousin or a half brother?
How can I have a dna match with someone that has not done the dna test?
i paid for my DNA and i did not get no email on this can someone look in to this please thanks my name is gabriel valdez jr
+Max Steel Login to Ancestry using the email address you used to activate your DNA kit. Then click on the DNA button. The status of your test will be found there.
What can you do if nobody in your family is willing to assist you by having their DNA tested (ie is there a polite way to convince them of the helpfulness of it, because the stigma remains strong that testing for DNA is a negative thing)? I don't understand why I have predominant ethnicity in one ethnic zone alone, when it should be evenly from the two different ethnic zones my parents' backgrounds represent. The overly dominant ethnicity doesn't make sense - ie my mother's is barely represented, whilst I very strongly have my father's. I want this explored, plus to connect with more relatives, near & far. If nothing else, I suppose time & curiosity might persuade them. I'm just really curious to know this asap... especially from my sibling and my mother's sibling to explore that almost non-existent ethnicity. Getting family to donate their DNA isn't necessarily easy, as the videos and promotional materials suggest. (And it's not like there's anything to hide, either, so I'm politely frustrated.) Can you offer any advice... or at least acknowledge this scenario in the presentations? Thanks!
+Colleen Walker Thank you for your thoughtful question. Have you shared your ethnicity report with your siblings or other close family members? I have found that as soon as I do that and explain that we all inherit different things, many of them jump at the chance of being DNA tested because they are curious about who they are and what their ethnic mix might be. Have you thought about approaching different family members - 1st cousins or even 2nd cousins - about getting tested if close family members are unwilling?
+Crista Cowan I've emailed & texted them. They want the results of my work (& quickly - ugh!), but I've been told not to ask them directly... now that they know my results. Bizarre, huh! You'd think it would make them more curious. Apparently not. I'll sweet-talk my mother (she knows how passionate I am about it, and she's less "anti" about the whole DNA-testing idea than at first - she was really, really upset with my results when they 1st came through). I really wanted Mum's side explored, since Dad's ethnicity is dominant in my results. Thinking more about your latest video here... maybe I'll go back to my original idea of just testing my parents. My father might not want to, but he's been curious about my findings - although his side is far easier to track than my mother's (poor Mum!) Maybe I'll leave the brother & uncle DNA for now and change to focusing on finding relatives, rather than necessarily trying to work out why the ethnicity imbalance is there - it could be a factor in history we might never trace back. Mum's the key person to target 1st - ie a Christmas present maybe? I need help with her side, especially her paternal side (they all have the same full names). So relatives plus answers to ethnicity will help. Again, maybe the others will come around in time. Nevertheless, I did want to point out that getting DNA tests done on family members wasn't necessarily an easy request. Maybe it's more common practice in the USA...??? (It's not, here.) Expense is also a hindrance, but I'm prepared to pay for that, given it's my project. While I'm here, let me say that I've been loving the instructional videos. I'm reasonably new here, and I've been watching as much as I can, taking your advice (trimming my tree, linking proof to my facts, gleaning records for extra information, etc). It's slowed me right down, but as I'm GPS-ing my tree, I'm gaining confidence in my information. I've a long way to go, but glad I stopped to tidy up in these early stages. Thank you! And, yes, next is Ancestry Academy videos. I think I'll be busy for years to come, lol. Thank you!!!
+Crista Cowan Update: My father is a definite "no" - I just asked. :( See my point.
+Crista Cowan My mother has decided to help me by getting her DNA tested as a Christmas present - I've just ordered it. That will be all I can hope for re DNA testing, for now... unless somebody else comes around to assisting me later on. Oh well, one person - the key person - helping to find out why my DNA ethnicity is greatly unbalanced is better than nothing. Maybe if Mum's DNA results bring back strange answers, it might make the others curious, plus might help find those missing ancestors on Mum's side. I'll focus on being grateful for this one extra - better than I had this morning when I wrote. Still, I'm sure I'm not alone in having family members unwilling to participate in DNA testing.
+Colleen Walker If you upload your results and your mothers to GEDMATCH, you can do a process called 'phasing' to get the 'other half' of your DNA and mark it as your father's. That can help to split out the two sides of your family, with your matches. That's all I have - me and Mom. Of course, it's not your Dad's full DNA, only the DNA you got from him. But, it is better than nothing!
I NEED HELP!!! i just recently had a mysterious "close family" member match pop up on my matches list. No one has heard of this person before the person has no family tree, age, nor picture. we share 1332 centimorgans across 78 dna segments. What could this be?! im dying to know..
At that amount of shared DNA, there are several possible relationships. If you look at Shared Matches with this individual, can you tell if they connect with relatives from your mother's side, your father's side, or both?
I dont know who my father is but had a name. I took the DNA test and now see close relationships with the same last name as the father I didn't know. A bunch of 1st cousin 2nd cousins and one really close match which Ancestry breaks down as an Aunt, Niece, or Great grandmother. I believe she is an Aunt. I just have a feeling. I sent a message to her ad hope to hear from her soon. We share 367.3 centimorgans shared across 60 DNA segments
That is not an aunt-an aunt would be 1200-2000 centimorgans. this more like first cousin once removed or second cousin.
I have been tested and My mother was just tested to help me out. I was wondering why it isn't easier to connect this information or to have an option to list or matches for easy access. Here is what I mean; I can see my matches and I can then change and see my moms matches - but have no way to put a note in a particular ancestor match that is in both mine and my mothers together or shared. I have to go to one or the other. I wish there was a way to put my mothers matches in a group or sectioned off that way I can keep my fathers side in a different group. All DNA matches are together in the same place. I realize you can star matches - but why can't we separate into groups or have a feature that makes it easier to categorize the families? Thank you
+tlcbrownaz Thanks for your feedback. There is one option that might help. I'm assuming that you administer your mom's test and they are both on your account. When you are viewing your matches, across the top of YOUR match list, with the other filters, you will see a MOTHER button. Click that and it will filter your list to show you all the matches you have in common with your mother. Presumably then, any matches that you do not have in common with her, come from your father's side of the family. With my results, I've then gone through and made a note on each match (4th cousin and closer - I haven't done this for all the distant cousin matches) and listed whether they are maternal or paternal. That way I can see at a glance what I'm working with. Hope that helps. (Crista)
+Ancestry I think what we would really like is more options like the STAR. Maybe Four different color stars so that you can line matches up with likely grandparents? Just a thought...
+Janet T YES!!!! keeping family easily separated to find instead of both lines being all together. That is a great idea!!! I would still like to be able to find a match - put a note on that relative - and then be able to see that note when I am in my mothers match list. It would save me a lot of work!!!
+Ancestry Thank you!! I wish that the note that I put on a family member under my view for my matches would also show up on the same person (that matches both my mother and I) under my mothers view and her matches.If the note only could be read under both my view and my mothers view. Kind of like you should be able to put that note under a cousin/relative ONCE and it shows with any other matches with your other family members that you administer.
I am confused. My DNA results shows many family names on my mother;s side. I thought that was a separate test. Terry is 1,937 centimorgans and 43 DNA segments and Cathy is 1,760 and 52 DNA segments. A third person, also listed, contacted me says that Terry and Cathy are my half sibilings. And he is my half-nephew. I cannot make any connections. Rick
Rick - You inherit 50% of your DNA from your father and 50% from your mother. So, your Ancestry DNA Match List will contain people who are related to you on both your paternal and maternal sides.
The amount of DNA that you share with Terry and Cathy is consistent with a half-sibling, an aunt/uncle, a niece/nephew, or a grandparent/grandchild. Do you know them? Are you adopted and/or looking for an unknown biological parent?
My daughter and I the test. My forth cousin is her third cousin. How do that happen
Do they do the percentage of what your ancestery is i have Irish, German and Native American; Cherokee and what specific native american a person is?
AncestryDNA looks at what you inherited from both parents and compares it against a reference population of people from hundreds of regions around the world in order to provide you with your DNA Story.
Hi Crista, I've been watching your teaching as I lay in bed resting my back, however, I definitely see the value in watching on the mac so I can check my Ancestry tree as you speak. Lesion learned. I have not come across a video that I'm needing, maybe its already there so please direct me to it if you have already done one. When I first got the DNA showing the shared matching hints I was thrilled an immediately was able to add the info BUT...sadly, I did not leave notes...hence my problem. I have a name, Jim H....., in my DNA circle ...You are related to...and yes his name comes up when I search my tree so I must have put him in sometime, however, without any note's to guide me I can't seem to follow his connection to me. The five DNA matches to me do not have lines to each other. Where do I start? I now include how the line is followed on each person in other branches. Thanks for your help, love the videos!
+Marisa Hutchison If you have entered him into your tree, you should see his relationship to you on his profile page (in the header). If you click on that it will show you the exact path from him to your common ancestor and then down to you. Hope that helps! (Crista)
When looking at the DNA Circles, Each Circle listed that is on my fathers side shown their relationship to me even without opening the circle. When looking a Circles on my maternal side, none show their relationship to me. When I click on the individuals the relationship is missing. I placed people in my tree, prior to realizing the great need for good notes, and although I can find them if I put their name in a search, I can't figure out which limb they are in, my starting point and I'm totally lost.
I put my 4th great-grandfather's (he was born in North Carolina) mother's name as Mary Bass for fun. And guess what? I'm in the 5th to 8th cousins range of several direct descendants of the Nansemond Indian tribe :).
Do you have any advice for people with mostly distant cousins? I have 1 third cousin, 23 forth and the rest are all distant. in most cases any connecting ancestor would have to be in the 1600's or earlier. Neither brother will take the test and mother has dementia making the test difficult.
+Darrell Bell View that 3rd cousin match. Then click on Shared Matches. Do you have any matches in common with that individual? Timothy offers a great suggestion as well. Test close family members - like an aunt/uncle or first cousin on each side of your family. That will help you understand which side of the family the rest of your matches connect with. (Crista)
I have a distant cousin with whom I share 6.1 cM. My mother shares 5.8 cM with this same cousin. How can I share more than her since she is a generation closer to the ancestors we share with the cousin? I thought it was because I also share a another more distant common ancestor on my paternal side with that cousin (which I in fact do). Someone told me, however, that he has seen multiple cases where the amount of shared DNA is more in succeeding generations. I don't understand how that can happen. Can you please explain? Thanks.
+LCF This likely has to do with the Timber algorithm that we run against DNA samples in order to remove "pile ups" among your DNA matches. You can read more about that here: blogs.ancestry.com/techroots/behind-the-new-ancestrydna-feature-amount-of-shared-dna/
I'm going to explain my family tree a little on my mothers side the best I can because I have 1st cousins that are actually related to me multiple times over 4 generations I believe it is..
Counting backwards..
*My Dads two brothers married my moms two first cousins (they were sisters.)
*Their mothers (our grandmothers were) sisters..
*And their father's (our grandfathers) were first cousins..
On my family tree it recognizes my uncles but it won't let me mark their wives, my cousins, as my cousins, but keeps the relationship as 'wife of uncle'
I understand that this maybe rare today but it is very special in our family as we were raised as a close net family by our grandmothers.
Is there something I'm doing wrong?
my grandmother got married again under a pseudonym and had a sibling with another man, How do add the sibling onto my grandmothers tree on ancestry ??
Wow my family is all muddy up.
What is fourth cousin?
favor escribir en español,, ya que no entiendo el Inglés,,gracias
Does it actually show if its paternal or maternal?
I don't know my dads side so that would be awesome!
I did my dna ancestry , It’s a possibility that I could be related to a bunch of celebrities.
I’ve lots of 4th and 5th cousins I share dna with. I share 278 Centimorgans with a third cousins.
We have no evidence of any 3rd cousins ever sharing that much DNA with one another. Are you sure you are 3rd cousins not 2nd cousins or 2nd cousins 1x removed? Or, is it possible you are related in more than one way?
I found a half sister but she was told her dad was a different man than i was told and both dads are deceased and Im trying to find out which one is actually my dad
Do I need a certain subscription on ancestry for this to work?
+Entstehung Wittelsbach Here is what you can do with AncestryDNA with and without an Ancestry subscription: help.ancestry.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5536/kw/dna%20subscription
Ancestry
"Your DNA results include your full genetic ethnicity breakdown. So for instance, you can quickly discover if you’re part Scandinavian, North African, European Jewish"
If I don't have a subscription I won't have this?
+Entstehung Wittelsbach You do NOT need a subscription to view your ethnicity estimate or your list of cousin matches. You DO need a subscription if you want to explore the family trees of those cousin matches to determine who your common ancestors might be. (Crista)
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Thanks a lot, that's all I needed to know,
Is 2,497 cm a full sibling?
Okay so I'm trying to figure out who my birth dad is. I was able to find his side of the family on DNA ancestry.
Rozell came up as my First cousin. He is 80 though and I am 23. Him and I share 760cms.
Then his nephew and niece came up as my 2nd cousiss and I share 340 and 444cms with them. I know that rozell is not my first cousin but that cm range falls between a great uncle and half uncle.
However his one nephew was able to send me the amount of cms he shares with rozell and he shares 1760cms. Rozell is his full uncle.
Could anyone please help me figure out if I am Rozells half niece or if in fact he is my great uncle?
Based on the information you have supplied, I would hypothesize that Rozell is your great-uncle and 340cm/444cM are the 1st cousins of your birth father. Therefore, one of Rozell's full is likely the parent (father or mother) of your birth father. Does that make sense?
Good evening, not so sure because he does have half siblings as well and my mom was talking to older guys during the time like much older than her. They were in their 50s so they would be in their 70s now.
@@malika9648 Sorry. I didn't word that well. Either one of Rozell's half-siblings is your birth father OR one of Rozell's full siblings is your grandparent.
I did a test looking for my dads real father. I got in contact with some people that it said was my cousins on my dads side. They put me in contact with someone they thought might be my dads sister. She actually did a test a few weeks after me. So we got her resluts back and it said she was my 1st cousin but she was in the same section as my half aunt on my moms side. My dad did a test but still waiting on his results. Im just hoping someone might be able to help me read this. This is our results on what she is to me
Hi, BondsFamily. Thanks for getting in touch. We know it can be a puzzle to find how people are related to you. We hope you find some answers. We're going to give you an article with some tips to help with matches.
support.ancestry.com/s/article/Making-the-Most-of-AncestryDNA-Matches
Just found an ancestor who matches me with 1,660 cintamorgans. After contacting the match, sharing some shocking information, and doing some math. We think we may be half siblings. My father plans to submit this ancestry DNA to confirm, but in the meantime we're going crazy! What is your opinion? Is there any other options?! We can't seem to find any other possibility?
According to the chart at thegeneticgenealogist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Cluster_Chart_FINAL.png, that number puts you right in the ballpark for that sort of relationship.
The other possibilities at that amount of shared DNA included aunt/niece. But, if you have communicated with her and ruled that out, I would say that you have found a half-sibling.
We've both viewed the chart and both spoken to our parents. His mother remembers s one night stand on Memorial Day weekend and my dad remembers one at a concert. We did research, concert was Memorial Day weekend. We calculated the the date with his birthday and it is spot on. We've compared family photos and the resemblance is uncanny!!We've remained in contact and my father plans to have his DNA tested.
Ps. My grandmother is awaiting results. If he tests as a match to her as well, then that helps confirmation.
Thanks for replying to me!!!!
Ancestry Hey, again, Crista. What does it mean if two people who have never met, share 2084 centimorgans across 59 strands? Other's bearing this particular last name go from 345-488 cm's. That is, of course, if you're feeling generous enough to share. :p
Tallyca Hamulhetru Just yesterday I got a very simular match with that amount as well with a girl. I was adopted and don't know my biological mother or father. Mother was said to have passed shortly after I was born. Our DNA regions are nearly identical as well
3 segment's with 23 centermorgans shared dna . It came up with a few possible of how I am related. The highest was 27% possibility. Does that mean it's not accurate?
If you click the amount of shared DNA (where it says 23 cM) it will show you a chart that lists all of the possible relationships at that amount of shared DNA. It will then list the probability that it is one of those relationships over one of the others. That percentage is the probability that it is that relationship and not one of the other relationships.
@@CristaCowan the sad part is I googled the person's name that caught my interest and found out she passed away last year. I was very sad
I did try and connect with her mother online for information about a photo her daughter, my dna match shared.
In one if those photos there was a man who kinda resembled my father. I believe I could be connected to her from my dads father's father's side the genes
@@CristaCowan I also want to mention. I clicked on the shared common matches we shared and I noticed those matches have atleast 43 centimorgans with myself. I'm.assuming they are a little more closer to me.
This 23cm dna match could be a generations once or twice removed. Since half of that 43 is 23
Crista, what relationships would correlate with 132 cM?
1st cousins 2x removed & 2 cousins 1x removed is what I'm thinking, just need a professional opinion :)
There are quite a few relationships it could be. I use the chart found here: thegeneticgenealogist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Cluster_Chart_FINAL.png
Thank you very much! I have two 3rd cousin matches on Ancestry, one on my African-American side and one on my Lebanese side. I share 132 cM with one and 133 cM with the other. For the one on my AA side, she's my half 1st cousin 2x removed. Could this possibly be the same for the other person on my Lebanese side? They're awfully close in cM, I can't help to think they are positioned the same way if I mirror the tree!!!
Keep an open mind and explore all the possible relationship options. Just because you have a specific relationship with one person at a specific amount of shared cM does not mean you will relate to everyone with that amount in the exact same way.
I share 103 cM with a 2C2R. So 132 could easily be 2C1R, 3C, etc.
hi how you get this ?because mine looks different and I still don't understand
Did you take the AncestryDNA test?
Ancestry yes
So, when you go into your DNA Match List, how many matches do you have that are 3rd cousins or closer?
How do you get a picture of the pie chart with your ethnic mix?
If you have taken the AncestryDNA test, it is on your "DNA Results Summary" page under the "Genetic Ancestry" heading on the left.
how to handle twins in a ancestry linage?
You enter them into your tree just like you would anyone else. The only difference is that they will have the same birthdate.
I know that I have 13 great grand cousins my great grandparents cousins and I am wondering if they are first cousins or second cousins or something else
Hi Henry. Thanks for checking out this video on making sense of your DNA matches. We understand that it can be tough especially when multiple relationships are possible for genetic cousins. Please note that this video is from a number of years ago so some of the tools may look a little different now. Rest assured that we're always here to help if you ever get stuck along the way. We provide DNA matches to you based on the strength of your genetic relationship to an individual determined by centimorgans shared. Due to the fact that multiple genetic relationships share similar amounts of DNA, we break up your matches into different categories to make it easier for you to work out how you are related - beyond a simply genetic connection. You can review these categories in more detail via the guide linked below.
support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-Match-Categories
In addition, we've put together several strategies to help you work out your relationships to your matches including the importance of reviewing shared matches which you can learn all about here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Uncovering-DNA-Match-Relationships . We hope you make steady progress in the months to come and please make sure to call by and visit us again should you ever need us.
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I have a match listed as my 1-2nd cousin.. I know it’s from a certain grandparent due to other shared matches but this Same grandparent gave up a baby in the 60’s.. if it’s listed as my 1-2nd cousin how possible is it that the match would be my moms 2nd cousin? If it’s her 1st cousin then we pretty much have it figured out I think
Hi, Brandy. Thanks for getting in touch. We can certainly understand why you'd want to get some answers. We can't predict what the relationship would be, but we have a couple of articles that we hope you'll find helpful.
support.ancestry.com/s/article/Making-the-Most-of-AncestryDNA-Matches?language=en_US
support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-Match-Categories?language=en_US
Ok, let's assume it's not in the budget to go out & buy a dozen dna test kits, but say 1, maybe 2 each time they're on sale (or at least one/year) & others aren't going to pay for them either. Who do I test first? My husband & I are somewhat distant cousins (common ancestor is 3 & 4 generations back), so I'm thinking testing us or our kids may be more confusing than helpful. Both of my parents are still here, my in-laws are gone & their siblings are too (except FIL's 1/2 sister). Dh has one sibling, I'm an only child. All of our grandparents are gone, but 2 of mine have younger siblings still living (only a total of 3, though). Where do I begin? I do have a bunch of 1st & 2nd cousins, dh has some, but we share several of those as well, as his parents had siblings who married my grandparents siblings ( and those coming cousins are the most interested in genealogy, but again may be more confusing). 😳 help?! 😀 oh & can I buy I kit on sale & then decide who is going to take it? Thank you
+Jess If it was me, I would test in this order:
1. Grandparents siblings (they are the oldest generation and should be tested first)
2. Parents (since both of your parents are still living, test them and then there is no need to test yourself)
3. Husband
4. Any of husband's 1st cousins who are unique family branches (not intermarried)
Hope that helps. And, yes - you can buy kits and decide later who to give them to. (Crista)
+Ancestry thank you very much for the help. I saw something about a maternal line test. My father-in-law & his living 1/2 sister share a mother, so that would be a useful test for her to take for us, right? Would that yield more info than my husband's test? Now to get to take a test 😕
+Ancestry btw, Crista, I LOVE your videos...so much info, I watch some more than once to get the info to stick, lol
Would it make sense to have a half-niece that shares 16.3% dna?
Hi, Megan. We measure how closely two people are related using units of measurement called centimorgans. The number of centimorgans we report is our estimate of the amount of shared DNA we can attribute to a recent shared ancestor. Centimorgans are not units of physical distance, but rather, units of probability. In general, the more centimorgans two people share, the more closely related they are. To learn more click here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/How-We-Measure-Relationships-between-AncestryDNA-Matches?language=en_US
Click here to see the DNA match categories: support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-Match-Categories
I have someone listed as a possible first cousin. We share 1153cM 17% DNA. she can’t be my first cousin I’m thinking possibly half aunt or great aunt?
Those are definitely two of the relationship possibilities at that amount of shared DNA.
@@CristaCowan thank you. It certainly feels right. Taking in factors of age and times etc.
Riddle me this…if my DNA says 15% Jewish , then is that a great grandmother/father?
I'm sorry. There was a misunderstanding. :-) I meant I had a first cousin once removed.
If a person (A) and their first cousin once removed (B) shared approximately 450 centimorgans over 21 DNA segments, would the parent of person (A) and the grandparent of person (B) most likely have been full siblings?
Correct. Or vice versa (the grandparent of person A and the parent of person B would be full siblings). Or it could be a half first cousin - meaning the parents of both A and B are half siblings.
Thank you so much for your reply. We definitely know that the parent of person (A) and the grandparent of person (B) were siblings but weren't sure if they were full or half siblings so it is wonderful to get confirmation that they were most likely full siblings after all these years of wondering. Ancestry DNA has provided us with the best possible results we could have asked for..... and more.
Hi Christa. I found out my ancestral genetics via Ancestry DNA. How do I find out my relatives?? Thank you so much.
Have you looked at your DNA Match List? How many matches do you have that are 3rd cousins or closer?
1310 centimorgans, 17.6% DNA. Is this a half brother or half nephew?
That amount of shared DNA could be a half-sibling or a half-nephew. It could also be a 1st cousin.
OK so my aunt showed up as my first cousin. Does that mean she is my half aunt? Or can a full aunt show up like this? Also her son...my first cousin shows to as 2nd cousin. Is this most likely my dad and his sister share a different father? Or I got more of my mums DNA than my dads? I'm.dying to know. This would be an absolute crazy family secret 😁
Hi - Did you get this figured out? If not, can you tell us how many centimorgans of DNA you share with your aunt?
@@AncestryUS we share only 762
@@HeidiSanToro That indicates that she is likely your half-aunt. Meaning, she and your parent are only half-siblings.
My daughters dna matches results in 2 people as 1st cousins and her daughter as 2nd. My daughters dad does not know who his father is. He will not take a dna test so I’m left to figure it out. Shows as 1st cousin Shared DNA: 801 cM across 33 segments and her daughter Shared DNA: 350 cM across 14 segments. Please help I been on this over a year thank you! Happy holidays 2019
If your daughter shares 801 cM with this match, that person is likely either her 1st cousin (meaning one of their parents is her father's full sibling) or a great-aunt/uncle (meaning the match is her father's aunt/uncle) or a half-aunt/uncle (meaning the match is her father's half-sibling).
I just recently got my Ancestry DNA results back. Someone shares 1244 centimorgans with me. I have never met this person before and have never heard of them before. I was wondering if we are half sisters because she shares more DNA then a first cousin and less than a full sibling. We have already ruled out any other relationship. Is she my half sister or possibly a double first cousin?
There are several possible relationships at that amount of shared DNA. They include: 1st cousin, great-grandparent, great-grandchild, great-aunt/uncle, great niece/nephew, half aunt/uncle, half niece/nephew, half-sibling, aunt/uncle, niece/nephew, grandparent, grandchild.
Based on what you know about this individual, specifically her age, you should be able to quickly rule out some of the relationships. What does that leave you with? Do you know where she was born? What does she know about her biological family? Are there other immediate family members of yours that have tested? How much DNA does she share with them?
I know for certain she is not my great-grandparent, great-grandchild, great aunt, great-niece, half-aunt, half-niece, aunt, niece grandparent or grandchild. I have already been in communication with her and we figured out that I am related to her on her Father's side. We both have a 1st cousin in common. She actually knows that 1st cousin we have in common because that person is her Father's niece. I have never heard of that person listed as my 1st cousin. The first cousin we have in common is in the 700 range in cm. The woman who I think maybe my half-sister is the only one that I share that much DNA with out of all the other matches. She shares more DNA with me than my Mother's half-sister.
Based on the amount of DNA the two of you share (1244 cM), it sounds like you are either 1st cousins or 1/2 siblings. Since you know, based on the shared 1st cousin match, that you match her on her father's side of the family that means that either her father is also your father or one of her father's siblings is your biological parent. Does her father have any other siblings besides the one that is the parent of the 1st cousin match?
Yes she told me he had 9 brothers
Wow! Can you figure out which of them were old enough when you were conceived to be your birth father? Can you rule any of them in or out based on where they were at the time versus where your mother was?
978cm 858cm do that make me a half aunt I did ancestry I'm trying to find my biological family and I'm hitting brick walls I am 51 years old and I'm trying to figure this out everything about me changed name social security number please help me figure out if these kids are my niece and nephew I am looking for my biological mother and I'm having trouble with that and I'm getting a lot of push back I can't do this by myself this is driving me crazy it's making me sick dealing with how people are treating me with this situation it's hurtful and I don't know what else to do I found another situation where I see that I am first cousins and second cousins in the same family I don't know how that is one person is 530cm and the other person is 269cm in the same family and everybody claim they know who had who I think I was a secret I need help
Hi, seanette. Thanks for getting in touch with us. We know how frustrating it can be when you aren't finding those important answers. We aren't able to do research for you, but we have some research tips that we hope you'll find helpful. Best of luck to you.
support.ancestry.com/s/article/Finding-Biological-Family?language=en_US
You need to update that possible relationship page because it says that your great-great grandparent would be a first cousin...
A great-great-grandparent would share the same amount of DNA with you as a first cousin 1x removed. So, it is accurate.
But I share exactly the average amount of DNA with my 1st cousin once removed for the relationship and she's listed as my 2nd couisn
You have a great-great-grandparent that you have tested? I would love to talk with you further. I know we have some 4 generation groups that have tested, but you might be the only 5 generation group. Can you send a PM to ask [at] ancestry [dot] com with your Ancestry user name. Thanks! (Crista)
Me And my third cuzzins grandmas are sister's are we blood Related?🤔
You guys would be second cousins not third cousins
@Tazz ThaGreat ok
@@nini7886 Are u sure...but she is my Dad second cuzzin..her mom And my Dad are second cuzzins..
@@godchilds5015 you said your grandma and her grandma are sisters that would make you guys second cousins. Unless you meant your great grandma and her great grandma are sisters then that would make you guys third cousins
@@nini7886 oh ok..its my Dad mom Which is my Grandma. And my cuzzin..And. Her Grandma are sisters..thats All i knoe..
Hi Crista,,,,, recently found my sister on ancestry we share the same father.Our Father was adopted at birth in1936.We found out that we are both matched up to a first cousin {female} who also had a baby at very young age and gave her baby { boy } up for adoption. We match her @ 1008 cm's @ across 45 segments .. Can she be our fathers biological mother?
Hi Tanya - If you only share 1008 cM with this woman, it is almost impossible that she is your biological grandmother. It is more likely that she is the sister of one of your grandparents or the half-sister of your father. (~Crista)
@@AncestryUS miss crista, ,the grandmother I am referring to, was raped at age 10 by her dad . Had my father at age 11 ,so asking can she be our grandmother. Crazy ain't it .
What does 'european Jew' mean as far as DNA is concerned?
+doris sloan Because most Jewish people in Europe have only intermarried with other Jews for more than a thousand years, they have developed some very distinct genetic markers among their population. Those markers have then been passed down to living people. So, we are able to recognize European Jews separate from the general ethnic population of other European regions. (Crista)
+Ancestry Thank you!
false Jewish not born with Abraham's blood line or his son Isaac but was forced to practice the Hebrew faith.
I really really really need help. Are you available to assist me. I am adopted and it's overwhelming. If you can help me please email me. I will send my email to the email listed in this slideshow. I so hope you can. It's nothing worse than being so so close yet So far
1305 CMorgans get dropped off, where does it come in.....on my matchlist it is under close family.
That amount of shared DNA is either low sharing for a close family member (1/2 sibling, aunt/uncle, grandparent) or high sharing for a 1st cousin (also great-grandparent, half aunt/uncle, great aunt/uncle). OR, it could indicate that these two people are related in more than one way.
there is a person who matches me at 780 CMs that I do not know. They only match relatives son my mother's side, none on my father's side. It was rumored my grandfather had a child with another woman. Could this Person be a half cousin? could they be the grandchild of my grandfather but not my grandmother
Could this person be the child your grandfather had with this other woman? That would make this match your half aunt or half uncle. That is the right amount of shared DNA for that relationship.
I don't think so Her photo shows a woman in her 40's and my grandfather left a woman PG in France when he came home from WWI. I was wondering if she could be a granddaughter as this half aunt/uncle would have been born in 1919. They would be 99 years old almost 100 now.
If she is a child she used a very old photo. I can't be for sure that is how it goes either as no relatives of my maternal grandmother have done DNA tests. Well no close relatives. I do have a few distant relatives through her that we share a set of 3rd g grandparents shown in one DNA circle. This woman I have not seen a DNA match to those few (I do not think) but even I do not match all of them. I guess I need to go and recheck that
Could she be mys uncle's child or one of my first cousin's child? I do have a maternal cousin that is 74 I'm in my 60's..
No, I cna't find any matches to my maternal grandmother-but the few I have that match her are 4th and 5th cousins it looks like. I wish one of her sibling's descendants would get a DNa test but I can't ask them as I do not know them, even their names.