Yes it's two ways. If you have a path like father-mother-mother-father-mother vsmother-mother-father-mother-mother it's two different ways -----Original Message----- From: ewade <ewade@cfl.rr.com> To: genealogy-dna <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Cc: 'Wjhonson' <wjhonson@aol.com> Sent: Fri, Oct 26, 2018 12:41 pm Subject: RE: [DNA] Re: Likelihood of matching both husband and wife surnames? If you have people in common in two or more different ways are they really different ways?  It is not rare for two brothers to marry two sisters.  The couple that I am looking at were married in Williamson Co IL in 1848.  Williamson Co is typical in size to the other counties in Illinois.  The population in 1840 was 4,457 and 7,016 in 1850.  The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 Illinois State Archives only has one marriage for a Caplinger and Keaster and that is the couple that I am looking at.  -----Original Message----- From: Wjhonson via GENEALOGY-DNA <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 1:54 PM To: genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com Cc: Wjhonson <wjhonson@aol.com> Subject: [DNA] Re: Likelihood of matching both husband and wife surnames? Yes, but you know sometime three generations further back. It's like many pioneers came to one area, they each had twelve kids who each had twelve kids.... And eventually half the town could trace a shared ancestry -----Original Message----- From: ewade <ewade@cfl.rr.com> To: genealogy-dna <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Oct 26, 2018 10:50 am Subject: [DNA] Re: Likelihood of matching both husband and wife surnames? 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 _______________________________________________ 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