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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Dna match
« on: Sunday 22 February 26 01:33 GMT (UK)  »
How many cMs does your brother share with this person?
Your brother might share more DNA than you do with them? You may be below the cM cut off that Ancestry display.
Do both you and your brother match with CO but only him and not you matches with Mrs Smith?


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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: MyHeritage DNA Results - Subscription ??
« on: Saturday 21 February 26 10:20 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: HughC on Tuesday 10 February 26 14:26 GMT (UK)
If I had Jewish ancestry it would have shown up in the Ancestry results.
Why does Ancestry show me as related to many known cousins, MyHeritage to none?

Do you have German or other European ancestry? Maybe the Jewish DNA could creep in there? I have something like 9% Jewish DNA, and I know that came from a 2xgreat grandmother.

A lot of people with Jewish ancestry take DNA tests, and a lot of those test with My Heritage. I’ve observed that MY Heritage appears to be a popular test for Europeans in general.

The majority of matches I get in My Heritage connect via my relatively small amount of Jewish DNA which I suspect as a result of the large numbers of Jewish testees. Higher numbers = more matches.

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Rutland / Re: Looking for photo of Mary Ann Parnell
« on: Wednesday 18 February 26 01:30 GMT (UK)  »
Have you checked with anyone else who has her or her descendants in their tree?

It is possible that there may be a photo of her in possession of family so that’s probably a good starting point. I’m not sure that the chances of those people stumbling upon this thread are very likely, so you may need to be proactive.

Good luck.

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Merionethshire / Re: Humphreys Family of Dollgelly,Wales
« on: Tuesday 17 February 26 22:01 GMT (UK)  »
I was just browsing and this thread caught my eye because I have Humphreys in my tree. They are not connected to these Welsh Humphreys though.

I also wanted to welcome you to Rootschat Jose. I’m afraid that Royleen hasn't been on Rootschat since 2012. If she still has the same email address she should be notified of your message.

Good luck.


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New Zealand Resources & Offers / Re: The Grub Street Project - digital 18th century London
« on: Sunday 15 February 26 07:26 GMT (UK)  »
That looks potentially very useful. I’ve only had a quick look so far at a couple of maps.

 I’m going to add that to my favourites.

Thanks for letting us know.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: MyHeritage DNA Results - Subscription ??
« on: Saturday 07 February 26 21:59 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Glen in Tinsel Kni on Friday 06 February 26 03:38 GMT (UK)
The ability of MH to restrict/remove options without notification and then stonewall users is almost legendary. The sudden block to 3rd party uploads is arguably the most obvious example though the match list download option was disabled around the time of the 23&Me security breach and neither reduction in features has been properly acknowledged by MH.

I had that experience with Ancestry. Without an annual subscription I can only see three of my DNA matches whereas I used to be able to see all of them. Every feature seems to be behind a pay wall.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: MyHeritage DNA Results - Subscription ??
« on: Thursday 05 February 26 22:10 GMT (UK)  »
I’ve recently discovered that My a heritage have made some changes, so I’ll leave it someone with more knowledge to answer your question.

But can I just ask, do you still have full access to the features you paid the one off fee for?

Many years ago I uploaded my FTDNA raw data to My Heritage. At that time all features were free.

 I consequently uploaded a couple of other tests’ raw data, also from FTDNA, for which I had to pay a one time fee to unlock all the features.

 I will be interested in the replies you get because I am concerned that My Heritage are following the Ancestry model, changing the goalposts,and gradually asking for payment for features which used to be free.

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The Common Room / Re: Pedigree of the Eures and Pickerings, and the Civil War
« on: Tuesday 03 February 26 21:55 GMT (UK)  »
Surrey Archives might be able to help?
When was the house was sold? Lists of contents of house sales /catalogues were sometimes published. Maybe check newspaper archives?

If it is the family history you are looking for, there may be some online, such as https://www.thepeerage.com/i1361.htm#s17700
There are Eure and Pickering families listed here though I don’t know how complete the genealogies are, or if they cover the people and dates you are interested in.

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Scotland / Re: Scottish naming traditions in the 19th century
« on: Monday 19 January 26 23:43 GMT (UK)  »
It’s a naming pattern not a rule. Many didn’t follow it. Many did. Some following it partially.

The father of a family I researched a few years ago wrote a family history (very useful) and in it explained how each of his children’s names were given and why. One was given the middle (sur)name of a woman who had been kind to his wife. Simple as that.

Another family gave each of their ten children the same middle name. No mystery there - it was the wife’s maiden name.

Another family gave the surname of the employer as a child’s middle name. I discovered that when doing a bit of further research.

If you have concerns of the paternity of your John, have you considered tracing the family down to living descendants and asking if they would be willing to take a DNA test?

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