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    1. Re: [DNA] Ftdna icw
    2. Jim Bartlett
    3. John Note that two Matches in an ICW list, like Cheryl in your ICW list with Reg, will often share a Common Ancestor not in your Tree at all. Even though they are both cousins to you (if the shared segments are IBD), they often relate to each other some other way. Jim Bartlett - atDNA blog: www.segmentology.org > On Oct 22, 2017, at 7:17 PM, John Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry Ann! Should have been more precise. I took a match, Reg, from my > match list and clicked icw. I got one result, Cheryl, also a match to me > but NOT a match to Reg, even down to 1cM. > I always thought the icw matches would match both me and the selected > person(Reg in this case), though as you say not necessarily on the same > segment. > All Reg and Cheryl had in common, apart from being known cousins(but not > dna matches) was their descent from the same surname/location as listed in > family finder. > John >

    10/23/2017 02:45:09