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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Understanding my DNA matches
« on: Tuesday 22 August 23 14:50 BST (UK) »
Thanks to everyone for their replies - much appreciated and plenty of food for thought.
Both my assumed parents had a sibling each who each had 1 child but again all are now deceased
My 2 brothers (both deceased) each had 2 daughters. The 2 daughters of my middle brother have both taken DNA tests. Ancestry shows them as a Shared Match on my maternal side only
Niece/half-Niece 1 - shared DNA 1,006 cM across 39 segments, Longest segment 83 cM.
Niece/half-Niece 2 - shared DNA 390 cM across 19 segments, Longest segment 44 cM.
From my original message: Matches 1, 2 & 3 all show as Shared Matches on my paternal side
I am reluctantly leaning to the belief that I share my birth mother with at least 1 brother but not my birth father or am I jumping the gun?
Both my assumed parents had a sibling each who each had 1 child but again all are now deceased
My 2 brothers (both deceased) each had 2 daughters. The 2 daughters of my middle brother have both taken DNA tests. Ancestry shows them as a Shared Match on my maternal side only
Niece/half-Niece 1 - shared DNA 1,006 cM across 39 segments, Longest segment 83 cM.
Niece/half-Niece 2 - shared DNA 390 cM across 19 segments, Longest segment 44 cM.
From my original message: Matches 1, 2 & 3 all show as Shared Matches on my paternal side
I am reluctantly leaning to the belief that I share my birth mother with at least 1 brother but not my birth father or am I jumping the gun?