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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
Finding Shared Ancestors – A Walk Through
Finding Shared Ancestors I was telling my sister how I’ve made some progress recently and I quickly realized that she had no idea what I was talking about. I think it’s because she’s not on Ancestry. So I’m going to […]
How to Share AncestryDNA Results
*If someone asked you to share AncestryDNA results with them, skip this intro and go down to step 1. *If you are trying to figure out how you and another person are related, this will be VERY helpful… Download Google […]
Adopted Family Linked to DNA – Bad Practice
My mom has a bunch of 3rd cousin DNA matches that we have been unable to find a common ancestor. A “DNA expert” suggested that I create a mirror tree of a DNA match’s family tree and link my mom’s DNA results […]
Kunz Family – Possible Connection
I’ve felt kind of down about the Johnston side of the family. It is a huge family and some people are just complete dead ends and I can’t find any records on them. So I’ve decided to try to find […]
DNA – A Waiting Game
DNA DNA has really pushed our search along. Because of it, we’ve been able to find one branch of my mom’s biological family tree. We still haven’t figured out where she fits in to that tree but we’re working on […]