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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?


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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Understand my DNA matches
« on: Sunday 20 August 23 08:01 BST (UK)  »
I have had some unexpected DNA matches through Ancestry. Before I take things any further I would like to understand the results a little more.

Match 1 - with a male: shared DNA 1,875 cM across 35 segments, Longest segment 182 cM. Possible half-brother

Match 2 - with sister of Match 1: shared DNA 1,516 cM across 33 segments, Longest segment 159 cM. Possible half-sister

Match 3 - with son of Match 1: shared DNA 661 cM across 15 segments, Longest segment 124 cM. Possible half-nephew

A little investigation shows that Match 1 was born in Worthing on 19 October 1958. I was born in Worthing on 20 January 1959.

All my close relatives (mother, father & 2 brothers) are all now deceased & I see that the parents of Match 1 are also deceased.

What reliance can I place on the DNA results & if they are accurate would I be right in thinking that I would share the same father as Match 1?

Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated as of course I want to approach Match 1 with sensitivity.

TIA

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