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I tried the auto cluster tool on myheritage and my match does not appear, however she is mentioned. It states that she met the inclusion criteria however ended up in singleton clusters without other members and so was excluded from the analysis.

I used the chromosome browser tool also and myself, my match and another match I also know to be connected ( but was also excluded from the cluster tool analysis ) share 2 triangulated segments, which apparently suggest all inherited from a common ancestor.

I checked over the tree for my match for the bits relevant to me and seems to me like it is legitimate.

My great great grandmother and the great grandmother of my match originate from County Kerry, Ireland. That is one of the problems as the family records can be quite limited and patchy compared to say the UK or New Zealand where my match is from.

Hi,

Thanks for your thoughts.

Yes, the surname of my matches great grandmother and my great great grandmother are the same. The birth years are approximately 1859 and 1853 and so siblings are a possibility in that regard, along with the name of both fathers, which is exactly the same. One issue however, is that my great great grandmother married in 1878 and on her marriage certificate states her fatherīs name and profession. I have assumed this to mean that her father was alive at the time. However, now I wonder as her īpossibleī sibling left for New Zealand in 1877 following the deaths of her parents.

I originally tested my dna with ancestry uk from which a few distant cousins were revealed that all connect with my new match from heritage. I have been in contact with several and can see it is a relevant match, but I just canīt figure out exactly how. Although possible of course,  I donīt think there are any hidden aspects as previously suggested. The problem basically is  I just cannot find the documentation to connect it all together and so am trying to rely on this dna match to somehow prove something as conclusively as possible.

Thanks for getting back to me.

The dna match has come from a myheritage account. My heritage states that the dna match is likely m 3rd cousin. The person has a tree and I can clearly see her great grandmother, however it is not my great grandmother. The father however is possibly my great, great, great grandfather, however there is not enough data out there for me to show that with any certainty.
I tried the painter tool and not quite sure what it really shows me. i suppose my question now is can I assume with any dna certainty that it is my great great great grandfather in this persons tree ?

Bingo ! Great idea Minniehaha. She was born in Tralee. Luckily got it on the first birth cert !

Seems I was a bit optimistic in what I might find. All it says about Ellen is “ In 1879 Robert married Ellen …… “