Mothers adoption.

[brigidmac]

There doesn't seem to be a topic about ancestry colour coding on the DNA forum
I.ll have to start one
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https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=862688.0


Basically it's putting your matches into groups
Using the colours provided, and giving titles to your groups : could be surnames .locations .ethnicity  professions or anything else you feel is significant to link your matches .

I have emailed you .jedi

[Rosinish]

Deleted...posted to wrong thread, had both open at the same time   

Annie

[brigidmac]

 Jedi I hope that you have managed to make a start on this and followed the colour coding instructions .

Im back on form now and will be available to talk you through next step by the end of the week

[Rosinish]

Jedi,

Can you give us details of your mothers' highest matches i.e. % Shared, cMs, Segments & Relationship.

It's best to have a family tree which will help you work out which side matches belong to & as Brigid says, it's better if you do a test too.

Annie

[Biggles50]

hi Brigidmac.
Thanks for your message.
This might sound Dumb, What is Colour Coding and can you explain to me.
I have not come across it before.
Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Regards
Jedi Jamsa

If you are using Ancestry then as advised prior there is the colour coding opttion within the DNA matches section.

The other option is to try the Leeds Method, search for Donna Leeds and you will get her website and there you can read in detail how to use the method.

I also suggest that you upload the RAW DNA DATA to each of the DNA comparison websites.  The more websites you are on the more chances of finding what you seek.

Within the last six months I have had a new 240 cM DNA match who had a tree of two, him and his Father and from that very limited information I built a tree going back to the mid 1800’s in Italy.  When I added the matches Great Great Grandfather as the unknown Father of my Great Grandmother, the relationship with the match became 2C and all the other DNA matches that I have linked into the tree have the relationships of the right order for their cM match.

So a match does not have to be of half sibling level to break down the wall.

Good luck

[brigidmac]

Coming back to this
I have since identified birth father of my JONES relative and it turned out he was a generation older than his mother !

also helped a french distant relative narrow down possible brother as his mother's birth father ..he'd been told it was a Canadian soldier . It was but a British man who had signed for Canadian army

So I have some tips
First don't delete the adoptive father just detach from branch
It's good to have the surname on tree

Build a floating branch if you can find what appear to be common ancestors
From your shared matches and build your tree down

Add unknown as birth father so people can see that you are looking for a match

Give them a first name like "Hereford
Man " or "soldier "

My cousin's great grandfather was from a single mother his top match was grandson s grandmother was also a single mother both were maids in same town several years apart
Both named sons John so on tree to start i called him John and in surname
Put from Yorkshire  I was able to add the matches great grandfather so showed up on thru lines

Mutual matches eventually led me to the correct surnames but I tried a few
With  John from Yorkshire having parents   maybe JONES
+ Possibly FARNSWORTH

Led to finding a baptism of another single mum and shared matches so I knew he was Farnsworth & actually not John
Finding "John's," birth father was not too difficult as he'd been named on baptism and once again DNA distant connections proved the connection

It's a very long process

Jedi would love to know how you are getting on

I'm thinking of doing zoom tutorials where people can tell their own stories & share tips