Jim, I understand that. But in this case, both my dad & I match him on one chromosome (20) which entirely overlaps, my mom & her maternal aunt match him on a completely different chromosome (1) which overlaps. I don't match him on the same chromosome as my mom & aunt. It's 2 entirely different chromosomes, not the same and so not the opposite of a pair of chromosomes (as in maternal or paternal) Does this make sense ? Linda -----Original Message----- From: Jim Bartlett Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 2:38 PM To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] Match Analysis Linda Yes - on each physical area of a chromosome, you can expect to find two Common Ancestors with your Matches - one ancestral to each of your parents. When you have a shared segment, you don't know which of your two chromosomes it's on. Even Triangulation doesn't tell you which one, unless you Triangulate with a known relative. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Dec 18, 2013, at 2:13 PM, "Linda Boorom" <lboorom@fuse.net> wrote: > I have a very similar situation where a recent match of my own also matches with both of my > parents > as well as my mother's maternal aunt. > > My father & I match him on 20 with a 9.10 segment whereas my mother & great aunt match him on 1 > with > 9.02 (mom) & 13.93 (aunt) segments. > > My fathers linage is entirely German immigrants 1890's whereas my mother's maternal line is > entirely > Colonial America. > > This match now has a gedcom posted, and although I don't see anything that catches my eye as a > common ancestor for either side, he does have a mix of German and Colonial. I have not as yet > contacted him, but like Ann, my parents are NOT related, and I imagine if the matches are legit, I > imagine that it's 2 different ancestors in his linage, one that matches my father and the other > matches my mother. > > So, I think it's probably 2 ancestors I'm looking for, not 1 common to both sides. > > Linda

Sure! You are talking about two different Common Ancestors with one Match - it happens. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Dec 18, 2013, at 4:31 PM, "Linda Boorom" <lboorom@fuse.net> wrote: > Jim, > > I understand that. > > But in this case, both my dad & I match him on one chromosome (20) which entirely overlaps, my mom & > her maternal aunt match him on a completely different chromosome (1) which overlaps. I don't match > him on the same chromosome as my mom & aunt. > > It's 2 entirely different chromosomes, not the same and so not the opposite of a pair of chromosomes > (as in maternal or paternal) > > Does this make sense ? > > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Bartlett > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 2:38 PM > To: autosomal-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] Match Analysis > > Linda > > Yes - on each physical area of a chromosome, you can expect to find two Common Ancestors with your > Matches - one ancestral to each of your parents. When you have a shared segment, you don't know > which of your two chromosomes it's on. Even Triangulation doesn't tell you which one, unless you > Triangulate with a known relative. > > Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! > > On Dec 18, 2013, at 2:13 PM, "Linda Boorom" <lboorom@fuse.net> wrote: > >> I have a very similar situation where a recent match of my own also matches with both of my >> parents >> as well as my mother's maternal aunt. >> >> My father & I match him on 20 with a 9.10 segment whereas my mother & great aunt match him on 1 >> with >> 9.02 (mom) & 13.93 (aunt) segments. >> >> My fathers linage is entirely German immigrants 1890's whereas my mother's maternal line is >> entirely >> Colonial America. >> >> This match now has a gedcom posted, and although I don't see anything that catches my eye as a >> common ancestor for either side, he does have a mix of German and Colonial. I have not as yet >> contacted him, but like Ann, my parents are NOT related, and I imagine if the matches are legit, I >> imagine that it's 2 different ancestors in his linage, one that matches my father and the other >> matches my mother. >> >> So, I think it's probably 2 ancestors I'm looking for, not 1 common to both sides. >> >> Linda > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUTOSOMAL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message