Gail, just really briefly, I can tell you you that male Y-DNA is so stable that it will give you matches from before the time that last names came into use (circa 1400AD). In other words, with cousins that are so distant that they will have other names. Given that, however, the correct name may show up... and can be corroborated with short-term aDNA tests through Ancestry or 23andMe... Best regards, Stephanie Admin, Cobb DNA project Member #5587, Guild of One Name Studies On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Gail Jorgensen <[email protected]> wrote: > I am hoping that this is not too basic a question for this group. > During my research of my dad’s family, I discovered that my dad’s father’s > father (my dad’s grandfather) was adopted at birth by his mothers husband > and given his mothers husband name. > What this means to me is my great grandfather’s ancestors need to be > found. My question is what do I need to do to discover who this man is. > My brother did a Y-DNA through family tree DNA and has 3 matches – One of > them is that a genetic distance of 2 and the other 2 are at a genetic > distance of 7. None of them have my brothers surname and so far we have not > figured out a match that would give us our paternal great grandfather. > Through ancestry DNA there are possibly a few matches that I do not know > where the connection is so one of these could be a descendent of a common > ancestor as I mentioned so far I can’t figure it out. > If anyone has any suggestions on how I can maneuver through all the places > we have DNA to figure this out I would appreciate it. > I have tested at ancestry DNA and family tree DNA and 23 and me and have > uploaded raw data to GEDmatch and my heritage. > Any help is appreciated, > Gail Jorgensen > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Stephanie, That is my hope, that through aDNA tests in many places that the puzzle will eventually be solved. Gail ~ Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen ~ On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Stephanie Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > Gail, just really briefly, I can tell you you that male Y-DNA is so stable > that it will give you matches from before the time that last names came > into use (circa 1400AD). > > In other words, with cousins that are so distant that they will have other > names. > > Given that, however, the correct name may show up... and can be > corroborated with short-term aDNA tests through Ancestry or 23andMe... > > Best regards, > Stephanie > > Admin, Cobb DNA project > Member #5587, Guild of One Name Studies > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Gail Jorgensen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I am hoping that this is not too basic a question for this group. > > During my research of my dad’s family, I discovered that my dad’s > father’s > > father (my dad’s grandfather) was adopted at birth by his mothers husband > > and given his mothers husband name. > > What this means to me is my great grandfather’s ancestors need to be > > found. My question is what do I need to do to discover who this man is. > > My brother did a Y-DNA through family tree DNA and has 3 matches – One of > > them is that a genetic distance of 2 and the other 2 are at a genetic > > distance of 7. None of them have my brothers surname and so far we have > not > > figured out a match that would give us our paternal great grandfather. > > Through ancestry DNA there are possibly a few matches that I do not know > > where the connection is so one of these could be a descendent of a common > > ancestor as I mentioned so far I can’t figure it out. > > If anyone has any suggestions on how I can maneuver through all the > places > > we have DNA to figure this out I would appreciate it. > > I have tested at ancestry DNA and family tree DNA and 23 and me and have > > uploaded raw data to GEDmatch and my heritage. > > Any help is appreciated, > > Gail Jorgensen > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message