Tags: 2nd cousin, AncestryDNA, DNA match
Been a bit absent lately – good news!
Why I’ve Been Absent Lately Sorry y’all! I’ve been quite absent from this site for a while now and I’d figure I’d check in and share some of my good news. In June I found out I was pregnant… Yay! […]
Confusing Shared Ancestor Hints
Shared Ancestor Hints Recently, I linked my mom’s DNA profile to someone in a mirror tree and I got more shared ancestor hints than what I was expecting. I had already confirmed this person’s maternal family is related to my […]
What is a Mirror Tree?
I’m getting a lot of feedback and I keep seeing the same thing. The same question keeps coming up. What is a mirror tree? I’ve answered some questions about mirror trees in the Five Questions Answered post and went over […]
Five Mirror Tree Questions Answered
On my most popular post about finding shared ancestors, I got a few questions and even more via email about how to set up and use a mirror tree. I’m going to do my best to answer some of those […]
Another 2nd Cousin!
New 2nd Cousin I can’t contain the excitement. This new 2nd cousin looks to have ancestral ties to the Lang-Metzger lines AND the Kunz-Streider lines. Her tree is not filled in but I already had her dad and grandmother in […]
DNA Testing, A Review
Since I’ve had a chance to experience the big three Autosomal Testing Sites, I felt I should explain what I like or don’t like about them. AncestryDNA Pros: Many users have public trees – great for finding shared ancestors by […]
Stigler / Oliphant
I’ve previously made connections to Robert Oliphant b. ~1771 ; d. ~1841 ; m. Abigail Davenport… I created a family tree based on a 4th-6th cousin match from AncestryDNA and had shared ancestors with the Olpihant side, the Davenport side […]
Haplogroup H
l’ll be honest – I din’t think haplogroups would really help me at all.. I mean I had no idea what they were! When I learned that maternal haplogroups are passed down on the maternal side… I decided to dive […]
Kunz / Streider Family Revisited
After re-evaluating my process, I’ve decided to go back and look at the families I’ve already looked at. My mom has one 3rd cousin match that has Peter Kunz and Anna Catherine Streider as her great great grandparents. Her tree […]