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Ancestry/Genealogy

WePurrsevere

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23. Yes, that's correct and there's always the possibility...

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #21)

Wed Sep 4, 2019, 05:16 PM

Sep 2019

of an outlier that's higher or lower that average. Sometimes it's luck of the draw and sometimes higher than average could indicate endogamy.

FWIW, here's where I originally came across the green chart above. The DNA Geek is a very good source and explains things further here if anyone is interested:
https://thednageek.com/the-limits-of-predicting-relationships-using-dna/

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Trying to explain bloodlines [View all] Marthe48 Aug 2019 OP

I stopped working on genealogy after DURHAM D Aug 2019 #1

I have a couple interests Marthe48 Aug 2019 #9

Do you subscribe to ancestory? nt DURHAM D Aug 2019 #14

I've just used library resources Marthe48 Sep 2019 #17

I'm with your nephew......I really don'care. virgogal Aug 2019 #2

My kids are decendent of George Clinton, Jefferson's Vice President. 3Hotdogs Aug 2019 #3

Your nephew doesn't share any bloodlines with your husband unless I am missing seaglass Aug 2019 #4

I thought Marthe48 Aug 2019 #10

Well, think of it as DNA rather than blood as it pretty much means the same thing. seaglass Aug 2019 #13

I understand Marthe48 Sep 2019 #18

I feel that my distant relatives are no more a part of wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #5

I am not interested enough to have my dna tested Marthe48 Aug 2019 #11

My brother got his dna tested. He was told he came wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #16

The ads highlight results like that Marthe48 Sep 2019 #19

The only ancestry I'd be interested in is what previous lives my soul has occupied and if I Karadeniz Aug 2019 #6

You remain 'related' generations back but... WePurrsevere Aug 2019 #7

Thanks for the chart and explanation Marthe48 Aug 2019 #12

Taking biology definitely helps... WePurrsevere Aug 2019 #15

Don't feel too bad Marthe48 Sep 2019 #20

That chart is only about averages, though Spider Jerusalem Sep 2019 #21

Yes, that's correct and there's always the possibility... WePurrsevere Sep 2019 #23

ISOGG (the International Society of Genetic Genealogy) has some useful references as well: Spider Jerusalem Sep 2019 #24

WOW good information Marthe48 Aug 2019 #8

If you're an American with colonial ancestry... Spider Jerusalem Sep 2019 #22

That's incredible! Marthe48 Sep 2019 #25

A lot of research Spider Jerusalem Sep 2019 #34

geneaology is no fun at all when your mother is a holocaust survivor unblock Sep 2019 #26

You have my sympathy Marthe48 Sep 2019 #29

my mother and her parents were evicted unblock Sep 2019 #32

Harrowing story Marthe48 Sep 2019 #33

I'm 1/2 Armenian and there is nothing after my great grandparents LeftInTX Sep 2019 #35

I do not study this stuff Doreen Sep 2019 #27

Our genes mix every time a baby is made Marthe48 Sep 2019 #30

What I think matt819 Sep 2019 #28

I think you can develop character Marthe48 Sep 2019 #31

The things is... franzwohlgemuth Dec 2020 #36