Matches with other surnames are common. You undoubtedly share a common ancestor with the Glen family before the use of surnames became common. If you both upgraded to the 37 or 56 marker test, then the time to your MRCA would widen to hundreds, maybe even thousands of years. Kevin [email protected] wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GNR.2ACIB/1831 > >Message Board Post: > >I have matched 24 out of 25 DNA Markers with the Glen Family. We don't seem to have a common ancestor? >How can that be? > > >==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== >DO NOT FORGET: This is a Genealogical Mailing List and the posting of messages that do not relate to the DANIEL Family, its collateral families or those of a historical nature relating to genealogical research -- are not allowed on this list. > > > >