I have used 23andMe, Robert. I don't expect anyone to spend a lot of time on my query. I just wondered if it was possible (yet) to figure out what the three "brother's" relationships might have been. Maybe they were really cousins. Or an uncle and two nephews. . . Thanks for any help. Patti Lakeville, MIchigan > Patti > Out of curiosity which testing company did the testing and where are you > doing the comparisons? > > Ftdna / family finder has a requirement that people share more than 20cM > before they show as a match, This can prevent some matches in common from > showing. > > My county Mayo ancestors from the 1820's lived in a small village and I > think 1/2 the people in the village shared the same surname and many of > them > carried the same very common first names. It also looks like there were > some > cousin marriages and double cousins. > > RPaine > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patti Hacht via > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:11 PM > To: genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DNA] Three brothers from 1800's and recent DNA matches. > > I have a question regarding three Irish brothers. > > For forty plus years I have been researching my Purtell line from near > Kilcolman (Shanagolden area) of Co Limerick, Ireland. I discovered my 2nd > gr-grandfather, John Purtell b cir 1816 probably in Kilcolman parish. In > the Kilcolman Parish rcds, I find a Laurence Purtell who was the sponsor in > several of John's children's baptisms. I have thought that Laurence might > be John's brother as he was born abt 1810. Laurence emigrated to > Binghamton, NY about 1849. About a year later, my John followed Laurence to > Binghamton, NY. Within four years, my John had moved further west to > Michigan. Then there was a Robert Purtell, said to be related somehow to my > John. Robert was born abt 1808 (probably Kilcolman) and emigrated to > LaSalette, Ontario, Canada in the 1840's. Members of Robert's family > eventually made their way to Midland, Michigan. > > Enter DNA testing. My brother and my Uncle (who's mother was a Purtell) > both DNA match the great grandson of Robert Purtell from LaSalette. (My > sister and I do *not* match the LaSalette Purtell's.) And now my brother > and "Purtell" uncle also match a descendant of Laurence's from Binghamton. > > My question is, is there a way (using our DNA matches) to figure out if > Robert b 1808, Laurence b 1810 and John b 1816 might have really been > brothers? > > I don't post much to this list because I just don't understand very much > about the testing. > > Thanks for any help, > > Patti in Lakeville, MIchigan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >