A distant male relative in America undertook the Ancestry AUTOSOMAL DNA test and was subsequently contacted by another male because apparently the results on Ancestry and Gedmatch show that there is no doubt they are 2nd or third cousins (quote). The man who has contacted him was born illegitimate and is attempting to trace his unknown father through this, so my contact is trying to work out who in the family could be the culprit. Does anyone know how accurate this type of test is likely to be, as the two people who are claimed to be 2nd or 3rd cousins would not appear to share a common direct line on either the male or female side. The great grandmother of my male relative was an Annie Jackson whose brothers married sisters with the surname Donovan. Annie Jackson's son (a Robinson) married his uncle's sister (a Donovan) - these were the grandparents of my male relative. Their daughter was the mother of my relative. So there is no direct maternal or paternal line to the Jackson's or Donovan's for my American male relative. In his view the only possible (not probable) male culprit to have fathered the illegitimate male who has contacted him would be a direct descendant of the Jackson line (from a Thomas Jackson who married an Ellie Donovan although this was 3 generations earlier). Sorry this is a bit complicated - I had to resort to pen and paper to work it out :o) Happy New Year to you all. Margaret O'Shea Oxford

Not a DNA expert, but based on my own experience with Ancestry DNA, I think that it is pretty likely they are cousins, but the distance might be further than the test suggests. -steve > On Jan 1, 2015, at 4:06 AM, Margaret O'Shea via <[email protected]> wrote: > > A distant male relative in America undertook the Ancestry AUTOSOMAL DNA test > and was subsequently contacted by another male because apparently the > results on Ancestry and Gedmatch show that there is no doubt they are 2nd or > third cousins (quote). The man who has contacted him was born illegitimate > and is attempting to trace his unknown father through this, so my contact is > trying to work out who in the family could be the culprit. Does anyone know > how accurate this type of test is likely to be, as the two people who are > claimed to be 2nd or 3rd cousins would not appear to share a common direct > line on either the male or female side. > > The great grandmother of my male relative was an Annie Jackson whose > brothers married sisters with the surname Donovan. Annie Jackson's son (a > Robinson) married his uncle's sister (a Donovan) - these were the > grandparents of my male relative. Their daughter was the mother of my > relative. So there is no direct maternal or paternal line to the Jackson's > or Donovan's for my American male relative. In his view the only possible > (not probable) male culprit to have fathered the illegitimate male who has > contacted him would be a direct descendant of the Jackson line (from a > Thomas Jackson who married an Ellie Donovan although this was 3 generations > earlier). > > Sorry this is a bit complicated - I had to resort to pen and paper to work > it out :o) > > Happy New Year to you all. > > Margaret O'Shea > Oxford > > > ------------------------------- > 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

There are more than one type of DNA testing. I am not so sure that the Autosomal will tell you a whole lot of what you want to know regarding connections. There is a DNA test that will determine if you have a common paternal ancestor but it is thru the males only. So your distant male relative could participate and also a male from your paternal line to see if there is a connection. That would at least narrow it down if there is a match. Janet ________________________________ From: Margaret O'Shea via <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2015 7:06 AM Subject: [YORKSGEN] CONTINUING ON THE SUBJECT OF DNA A distant male relative in America undertook the Ancestry AUTOSOMAL DNA test and was subsequently contacted by another male because apparently the results on Ancestry and Gedmatch show that there is no doubt they are 2nd or third cousins (quote). The man who has contacted him was born illegitimate and is attempting to trace his unknown father through this, so my contact is trying to work out who in the family could be the culprit. Does anyone know how accurate this type of test is likely to be, as the two people who are claimed to be 2nd or 3rd cousins would not appear to share a common direct line on either the male or female side. The great grandmother of my male relative was an Annie Jackson whose brothers married sisters with the surname Donovan. Annie Jackson's son (a Robinson) married his uncle's sister (a Donovan) - these were the grandparents of my male relative. Their daughter was the mother of my relative. So there is no direct maternal or paternal line to the Jackson's or Donovan's for my American male relative. In his view the only possible (not probable) male culprit to have fathered the illegitimate male who has contacted him would be a direct descendant of the Jackson line (from a Thomas Jackson who married an Ellie Donovan although this was 3 generations earlier). Sorry this is a bit complicated - I had to resort to pen and paper to work it out :o) Happy New Year to you all. Margaret O'Shea Oxford ------------------------------- 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