Although men inherit their Y DNA from their father's father's father, etc. and all of us inherit our MtDNA from our mother's mother's mother, etc. the likelihood that we will share other kinds of DNA from our relatives diminishes rather rapidly. We seem to share 85% of our DNA with our first cousins, 60% with our second cousins and great grandparents, but only 15% with our 3rd cousins and great-great grandparents. After that we only share about 1% of our DNA with our more distant cousins. So, it is quite likely that autosomal DNA tests will not show a relationship if your common ancestor is at the great-great-great grandparent level and earlier. Autosomal DNA tests also test your Y DNA if you are a male. It also tests your MtDNA so, if you are related through those lines that will show up. Say I have a common ancestor to James Bunker with others, but I am female and this is through my father. Therefore, I might not share any DNA with that distant Bunker ancestor. However, my brother will as his Y-DNA matches that of other male descendants of James Bunker. Our MtDNA will not match any Bunker. However, my autosomal DNA might match a Bunker and even I might have a connection with a distant common Bunker ancestor. Bette

Hi Bette, Thanks for that explanation! I've a question regarding the female DNA. My Bunker line goes through my mother, her paternal line and back to her paternal grandmother (Anna Maria Frazier) daughter of Amanda Frances Bunker. I have a cousin who has the same generational relationship with Anna Maria Frazier, daughter of Amanda F. Bunker (married Sam. Frazier) as I do. Anna Maria Frazier (m. Moon) is our great grandmother and Amanda Bunker (m. Frazier) is our great-great- grandmother. The difference is this: Anna Maria Frazier had 10 children with Benj. Moon, the eldest being a male, Philip Moon (my maternal grandfather) and a daughter, Winifred Moon. Next generation, Philip Moon had a daughter, Maurine Moon and I am Maurine's daughter. So from Amanda F. Bunker (m. Frazier) the female line continues to Anna Maria Frazier, then a male..Philip Moon, then back to females Maurine Moon and me, Bonnie. Next to look at my cousins in question: Her paternal grandmother was Philip's sister, Winifred who married and had 3 sons...no daughters. One son married and had 5 children with same wife. Cousin Lynne is one of those 5 children. That son also had a daughter out of wedlock who was "adopted out" as they say. But doing the DNA testing, she showed 1st cousin once removed to my mother and 2nd cousin to me. That means, Carol and Lynne are half sisters. Now cousin Lynne did her DNA and again, matches my mother, me and "cousin Carol" but in what connection, I'm not sure as I only have my DNA report from Ancestry (and Mom's DNA). Is there any way to make sense of this for "proof" for lineage purposes? Bonnie Ward 3820 140th Ave. NE Bellevue, WA 98005 home: 425-885-6727 email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bette Bunker Richards via Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 8:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BUNKER] DNA realtionships Although men inherit their Y DNA from their father's father's father, etc. and all of us inherit our MtDNA from our mother's mother's mother, etc. the likelihood that we will share other kinds of DNA from our relatives diminishes rather rapidly. We seem to share 85% of our DNA with our first cousins, 60% with our second cousins and great grandparents, but only 15% with our 3rd cousins and great-great grandparents. After that we only share about 1% of our DNA with our more distant cousins. So, it is quite likely that autosomal DNA tests will not show a relationship if your common ancestor is at the great-great-great grandparent level and earlier. Autosomal DNA tests also test your Y DNA if you are a male. It also tests your MtDNA so, if you are related through those lines that will show up. Say I have a common ancestor to James Bunker with others, but I am female and this is through my father. Therefore, I might not share any DNA with that distant Bunker ancestor. However, my brother will as his Y-DNA matches that of other male descendants of James Bunker. Our MtDNA will not match any Bunker. However, my autosomal DNA might match a Bunker and even I might have a connection with a distant common Bunker ancestor. Bette ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- 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