Anyone discovered illegitimacies after doing Ancestry DNA? How do you figure it

[Romilly]

No worries Vicky, - she was 95, and died quickly from heart failure, with no lingering illnesses or infirmities.

I’m very grateful that she did test, it’s been a great help to me.

Romilly.

[GingerVicky]

I can imagine.

[Humphpaul]

Well I seem to be illegitimate as DNA shows all my maternal connections way back but non of my father's family appear to be there. The results show one person with my surname but she comes from another distant connection on my mother's side. Oddly enough  my wife, who knew my father for 14 years, said she was sure he was not my actual father as she could not  see any anything of me in my father. All very intriguing. Humphpaul
 

[GingerVicky]

Wow very intriguing. Have you got any close matches that you think could be on your real fathers side?

[Humphpaul]

Hello Gingervicky
On my mother's side I have 400 plus  1st. to 4th. cousins but only one slight possibility on my Dad's and his side has as many relatives as my mother's and it would be surprising if  no one on his side had  done  DNA. There is a photo of my Dad's grandparents and that grandad looks very like my elder brother but not me. Cheers Humphpaul

[medpat]

It could just be that no one on your father's side has had their DNA analysed

a - at all

b - or DNA analysed with a different company to you


Have you put your raw DNA on any of the free sites?

[GingerVicky]

How do you put your DNA on other sites? I did mine through Ancestry and got the results in August. Is it too late to put them on others?

[brigidmac]

Humph have you put your fathers mothers maiden name in name search and her mothers maiden name
Have you got any high matches which do not show as shared matches to people on your known mothers side
That would be where to start looking if you Want to know .

[Romilly]

How do you put your DNA on other sites? I did mine through Ancestry and got the results in August. Is it too late to put them on others?

 No, it’s not too late at all Vicky, and it’s quite easy and straightforward to do.

I tested originally with Ancestry, downloaded my DNA file from there and uploaded to Gedmatch, My Heritage and FTDNA. I then also tested with Living and 23andme.

There are lots of easy to follow step by step guides to downloading and uploading DNA. Just ask on here if you get stuck.

Romilly.