Mary Alice; This is of interest to me - thanks. Actually I think you have a much better chance of finding a more distant cousin than a closer one. That's because you have so many more distant cousins! Jim Bartlett On 01/07/12, M. A. Farrell<[email protected]> wrote: Jim, perhaps of interest to you; I have found several (5) previously unknown relatives who descend from ONE of my sets of 3rd GGGgrandparents, and another descending from that 3GGGgrandfather's father. These matches are at both FTDNA and 23andMe, and range from 4th cousin to 6th cousin. It amazes me that such a group of distant relatives, unknown to each other, have had Adna testing to reveal our source in this one line. Mary Alice ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet [1]http://www.peoplepc.com ______________________________ For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: [2]http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to A[3][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. http://www.peoplepc.com/ 2. http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html 3. mailto:[email protected]
I have found a bunch of cousins, some through FF, some through 23andMe, a couple of them are on both. I'm so disorganized I don't actually have a list. ( If Google ever goes bust and gmail hits the dustbin of history, I'm toast, for so much of my life including my genealogical addiction resides to a large extent in gmail). But I can say I've got confirmed matches with at least 15 people ranging from 3rd cousin up to 11th cousin 1x or 2x removed, I forget which! I'd guess the majority of these connect through either Gov Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts Bay Colony or Augustine Warner, Jr. of Virginia Colony, and ancestor of George Washington. Since a necessary condition for confirming matches is having well-developed genealogies on both sides, I guess it's not surprising that it's easier to confirm matches on lines that involve famous or historical figures... On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Jim Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mary Alice; > > This is of interest to me - thanks. > > Actually I think you have a much better chance of finding a more distant > cousin than a closer one. That's because you have so many more distant > cousins! > > > > Jim Bartlett > > On 01/07/12, M. A. Farrell<[email protected]> wrote: > > Jim, perhaps of interest to you; I have found several (5) previously unknown > relatives who descend from ONE of my sets of 3rd GGGgrandparents, and > another descending from that 3GGGgrandfather's father. > These matches are at both FTDNA and 23andMe, and range from 4th cousin to > 6th cousin. > It amazes me that such a group of distant relatives, unknown to each other, > have had Adna testing to reveal our source in this one line. > Mary Alice > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > [1]http://www.peoplepc.com > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > [2]http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > A[3][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > References > > 1. http://www.peoplepc.com/ > 2. http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > 3. mailto:[email protected] > > > ______________________________ > 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message