Hi Ann, In cases such as this, I recommend noting all the pairs of common ancestors and tabling one's determination until other matches appear on the specific segment. Very Respectfully, Mr. Shannon S. Christmas Sent from my iPhone On Sep 27, 2013, at 3:53 PM, AGilchrest@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Shannon, > Thank you that was what I was thinking. I should have also added that > Samuel and Martha's father married Nancy who was the granddaughter of James. > Priscilla was the daughter of Sarah who is also a granddaughter of James. > Making this a double double relationship. > Since I have yet to find another match on these two segments I am inclined > to "map" to Martha. > Ann G. > In a message dated 27-Sep-13 12:42:27 Pacific Daylight Time, > shannon.s.christmas@gmail.com writes: > > Hi Ann, > To definitively identify the common ancestors, you must review the > pedigrees of other matches with whom you, your mother, and Person A share > this particular segment. In your case, Person A could have inherited the > segment from either Samuel or Priscilla via the shared grandparents, or > Person A could have inherited the segment from Samuel via the *other* > parent he shared with Martha, the parent who was not a biological > uncle/aunt of Priscilla. Combing through the pedigrees of everyone sharing > this segment will help bring the ancestral source of this segment into > focus. > > I hope this helps. Thank you for bringing this excellent case to us. I look > forward to hearing from you. > > Very Respectfully, > Shannon > > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:59 PM, <AGilchrest@aol.com> wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> My mom and I match person A on Chromosome 6, me 9.79 cM, total SNP's > 2470, >> mom 9.55 cM total SNPs 2370 [Yes mine is larger, end numbers are the > same] >> & on Chromosome 8, 10.83 cM, total SNP 2056. Start & stop numbers are > the >> same for Mom & I. >> Mom and I descend from Martha. Person A descends from Martha's brother >> Samuel and his wife Priscilla. Samuel & Priscilla are 1st cousins. > Samuel, >> Priscilla and Martha's grandparents are John & Elizabeth. >> Should both these segments map to the cousins or the grandparents >> children? Am I correct in assuming that Person A could have received the >> matching >> segment from either Samuel or Priscilla? >> Thank you, >> Ann G > > -- > Mr. Shannon S. Christmas > Chief Market Advisor | Design Strategist > The Christmas Collective <http://thechristmascollective.com/> > Strategic Real Estate and Land Use Solutions > New York, NY | Washington, DC > P: 212.433.0586 | 202.618.1687 > F: 1.888.788.5984 > shannon.christmas@thechristmascollective.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonchristmas/ > > > ______________________________ > 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