Help with DNA match (MCDOWELL's Ballymartin)

[aghadowey]

i share 214cm with this match

In that case there are quite a few other possibilities to consider-
https://dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcmv4

49% Half GG-Aunt / Uncle 2C Half 1C1R 1C2R Half GG-Niece / Nephew
40% Half 2C 2C1R Half 1C2R 1C3R
6% Great-Great-Aunt / Uncle Half Great-Aunt / Uncle Half 1C 1C1R Half Great-Niece / Nephew Great-Great-Niece / Nephew
5% Half 1C3R † Half 2C1R † 3C 2C2R

[brigidmac]

Do you have an idea of age range compared to you could she be a generation or two older or younger than you .
You have to trace down as well as up .maybe she has traced parentage from an adoption that you don't know about of a cousin or aunt / uncles child .

[aghadowey]

Do you have an idea of age range compared to you could she be a generation or two older or younger than you .

Age range isn't really any indication of generation.

[brigidmac]

It depends how many generations separate you . But  usually if the  mutual matches are over 80 and under 20 its unlikely to be same generation especially if you have mutual matches which you can link to a particular generation

[unilove18]

Hey brigid yes shes in her early 80s so of the age of my father. She herself was adopted she is trying to trace it back. Our other shared matches are my 1st cousins 1x removed or 2nd cousins. There isnt alot of them. Im in my 50s

[brigidmac]

can you ask your cousins + their children how high their  cm match is to her .
that might help

as she was adopted more likely to be a half relationship than a full one

how many siblings and cousins did your father have and what was their birth year range .
your match could be a generation removed down from your father if he had older cousins or same generation as you if he had younger cousins .   

have any other generations in your or her line tested ..it does help . for example my nephew has matches that i dont have even tho im a generation closer to them .

[unilove18]

Ive literally just sent my top match which is a 1st cousin 1xremoved a message to ask what percentage she shares.....sorry that was a bit confusing, i meant she was adopted and is now tracing her birth family. Which is my family. Thing is my father was also adopted, and ive had to do the same thin, ive had to follow the paper trail. Which i think would lead us both to only being half anyway.

So im unaware if my father has had any siblings. This is why its so confusing. And how im so sure on my line. If her Grandmother had of had a different name id have said id missed an uncle or aunt of my father. But with the same names 2 generations back from that its hard to see where she fits in.

Do you have ancestry yourself Brigid? I could add you as a guest to my tree it might be easier to explain and see

[brigidmac]

Yes I'm on Ancestry ..
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[unilove18]

Sent thank you so much xx