I would say you have to look to endogamy. Some of my relatives came from a small town in a small county, where the nearest larger population center was over fifty miles away. They married each other, several different ways.  I have cousins with whom I'm cousins three diffferent ways -----Original Message----- From: ewade <ewade@cfl.rr.com> To: genealogy-dna <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Oct 26, 2018 7:36 am Subject: [DNA] Likelihood of matching both husband and wife surnames? I found a couple where the husband has the surname Caplinger and the wife's maiden name is Keaster.  I have good DNA matches to both Caplinger and Keaster.  The matches for each surname are different.  Neither of these surnames are common.  What is the likelihood of this happening?  Thank you, Eldon _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Interesting. Endogamy may be the answer. In your cases where you have cousins three different ways - do you have any people in common in the three different ways? -----Original Message----- From: Wjhonson via GENEALOGY-DNA <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:49 PM To: genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com Cc: Wjhonson <wjhonson@aol.com> Subject: [DNA] Re: Likelihood of matching both husband and wife surnames? I would say you have to look to endogamy. Some of my relatives came from a small town in a small county, where the nearest larger population center was over fifty miles away. They married each other, several different ways. I have cousins with whom I'm cousins three diffferent ways -----Original Message----- From: ewade <ewade@cfl.rr.com> To: genealogy-dna <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Oct 26, 2018 7:36 am Subject: [DNA] Likelihood of matching both husband and wife surnames? I found a couple where the husband has the surname Caplinger and the wife's maiden name is Keaster. I have good DNA matches to both Caplinger and Keaster. The matches for each surname are different. Neither of these surnames are common. What is the likelihood of this happening? Thank you, Eldon _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community