I have 407matches higher than 4th cousin
My paternal aunt has 472 tested 2017 for.her.90 th birthday
My mother whose DNA was the first to be tested hit over 1000 matches years ago
My maternal cousin tested in 2019 has recently reached 1000
Most.of his matches seem to come from mother's side .his 2 uncles don't have descendants and paternal grandmother + grandfather were only children too
My cousin has far more matched from his 15 percent European Jewish ethnicity and some of his matches are higher than to my mother who is 25 percent Jewish
I show up as 13 percent Jewish
So that clearly shows my cousin has inherited more of our Latvian great grandfather s blood than me .and it makes significant differences
A lot of my Jewish matches show up on shared matches even at 8 or 9 cm .