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File for bankruptcy protection https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q4r9xy9wro Myrtle in Dorset
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Ethnicity DNA Question
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Is there any way I can find In-Common-With DNA matches that contain specific ethnicity segments? Let me explain why. We are attempting to find the family of my wife's great-grandfather who ran away from home as a teenager because of a mean step-mother. It's the same problem as finding the birth parents of an orphan. The US census information indicates he was born in France 1845-1851 and his parents were born in France. We have a death certificate with a questionable name of his father and none for his mother. We have several AncestryDNA ~30cM DNA matches, three of which have family trees that contain a similar surname as my wife's GGF. In fact all the ICW matches with family trees (but one) descend from the same couple in Baden. We also have a MyHeritage 74cM match with a French woman who also links to the same couple in Baden. From the above information we have narrowed the family of wife's GGF to one couple (a son of the above couple). Athough all the known children of this couple are recorded born in Germany, two of their German children do have a trail in Haute-Savoie, France. We speculate that my wife's unknown 2GGF was born when the family lived in France, specifically Haute-Savoie. However, so far, the family has not been found there. (Note: none of the above ~30 cM DNA matches are from this branch of the family and the French woman is from his second marriage.) I have little faith in ethnicity tests. In my own case one company, FTDNA, is totally off base for me, but AncestryDNA is reasonably close to my research. However, when looking at my wife's AncestryDNA ethnicity she shows ~1% Sardinian (the island off the west coast of Italy). I found this quite strange until I researched the history of the French departments of Haute-Savoie and Savoie. It indicates they were owned by the powerful Kingdom of Sardinia until the mid 1800s. Two of my wife's siblings show 4% and 5% Sardinian DNA at FTDNA. This brings us to the conclusion that my wife's unknown 2GGF was born in Haute-Savoie and married a local girl (of Sardinian ancestry) and had a family there, one of which was my wife's GGF. Is there any way to identify the Sardinian DNA segments in the ethnicity so I can isolate other potential DNA cousins (with no family trees) that might be other descendants of my wife's unknown 2GGF and 2GGM? Or is there any way I can identify other DNA matches for her that also have Sardinian DNA (in other words an ICW search with an ethnicity instead of a person.)?
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cMs confusion - thank you all
Dora, Linda, Ken, and Lorna and others Thank you for your assistance. I am heading off to Gedmatch, been ages since I was on here. I am not sure if Ethel has a kit. But I may find newer information. Dora, yes I am trying to break a brick wall. My grandmothers father is unknown. None of my 'matches' or my uncles have any decent cMs. Regards Lynn Cheshire Cat in Oz.
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Hi I was looking at hints and DNA Matches on My Heritage. I wondered why my cM's are the least of all our generations tested. I am really confused, a match to my uncle is 38.7cM, as say generation one, my daughter, generation 3, my grandson, generation 4. I thought the cMs reduced as the generations are involved. So can someone explain to me why they have this match to all of us, but to me is the least at 29.5cM. Even my grandson has higher cMs than me! To my uncle¡¯ ¨C generation 1 0.6% shared DNA (38.7? cM) suggests that Ethel is probably Peter¡¯s 4th Cousin TO ME: generation 2 0.4% shared DNA (29.5? cM) suggests that Ethel is probably your 5th cousin, 4th cousin To my daughter: generation 3 0.5% shared DNA (38.3? cM) suggests that Ethel is probably Sarah¡¯s 4th cousin. To my grandson: generation4 0.5% shared DNA (34.8? cM) suggests that Ethel is probably Kaleb¡¯s Parents 4th cousin Lynn Cheshire Cat in Oz
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What Happens to Your Data if 23andMe Collapses?
From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: What Happens to Your Data if 23andMe Collapses? See https://wwweogncom.wildapricot.org/page-18080/13477312
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Maine Genealogy
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From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Join the Belfast Free Library and the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 2 p.m. in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library for a presentation by Dana Murch titled, ¡°Mysteries, Mistakes, and Surprises: Adventures in Maine Genealogy.¡± That's Belfast, Maine, not Ireland. See more info at https://eogn.com/page-18080/13475381 -- Lynne
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North Carolina Railroad Records
From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Thanks to our partners at the Railroad House Historical Association and Museum in Sanford, North Carolina, DigitalNC is proud to announce that a variety of records relating to our state¡¯s railroad history are now available online! Ranging from as far back as 1894 (and as recently as 1984!), these materials encompass a variety of aspects relating to our state¡¯s steam engines ¡ª from coal mining to passenger rail. They will join an already existing collection of materials from the Railroad House Museum uploaded earlier this year, deepening the digital presence of Lee County¡¯s oldest building. Materials in this batch include annual reports, newspaper clippings, and ration books, as well as a collection of local high school yearbooks. Read the rest of the story at https://eogn.com/page-18080/13475382 -- Lynne
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When developing your search criteria for both genealogy and newspaper searches, you need to include nicknames in your repertoire. Here is a list of about 60 common names with corresponding nicknames, plus access to hundreds more. https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/use-nicknames-in-your-newspaper-searches-to-find-50-more-ancestor-articles/ -- Lynne
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Gain DNA-Level Insights, Without a DNA Test
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From My Heritage: We¡¯re happy to introduce Cousin Finder?, a useful new genealogy feature unique to MyHeritage that uses the power of family tree matches to find members of MyHeritage who are your blood relatives ¡ª cousins ¡ª with whom you share common ancestors. Cousin Finder? then lets you easily get in touch with them so you can collaborate and gain new insights about your shared ancestors and family history. Think of Cousin Finder? as a new way to find DNA Matches, but without a DNA test. Read more at https://blog.myheritage.com/2025/03/introducing-cousin-finder-gain-dna-level-insights-without-a-dna-test/ -- Lynne
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Fun name matching
I don't know how this could be used to further our research. It just seems a bit of fun. From Family Search: Do you share a last name connection with your friends? Find out which countries your last name and your friend¡¯s last name are most likely to be found in together. https://www.familysearch.org/en/surnames Results include a brief description of the surnames, including origins. I entered my surname and that of my husband, which resulted in some interesting numbers. -- Lynne
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9 Ways to Find Female Ancestors in Newspapers
From Newspapers.com: March is Women¡¯s History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the lives and achievements of women throughout history. While we love to share stories of our female ancestors all year round, Women¡¯s History Month offers us a chance to raise awareness of the women in our family trees and the kind of stories you can discover about them in the papers. The clues you unearth in the newspapers could reveal rich details about their lives and help you discover them in other family history records*. See the tips at https://blog.newspapers.com/womens-history-month-9-ways-to-find-female-ancestors-in-newspapers/?xid=7255&utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Find_Mar-2025 or https://tinyurl.com/yn435xjd -- Lynne
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Today Cyndi's List is officially 29 years old! Still your FREE starting point for genealogical research. Please be sure to stop by and BROWSE the categories. Browsing helps prod your thinking and point you in new directions. Please submit new links and report any broken links you find. I work on the site regularly. Thank you for all your support all these years! https://cyndislist.com/categories -- Lynne
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23andMe announced back in October that they were updating their matching algorithms to reflect the fact that many of our matches are much more distant than previously suggested and that these more distant matches are a reflection of pedigree collapse which means that we are related to our more distant relatives in multiple ways. 23andMe wrote an interesting blog post here which also includes links to their papers: https://blog.23andme.com/articles/update-to-dna-relatives I now have the new matching algorithms. I have signed up to the Premium version of 23andMe so I have 5000 relatives in my match list. My matches now go down to 0.17% (13 cM) and these matches are predicted to be 11th cousins. I've also noticed that all my matches now seem to share more than one segment, presumably because 23andMe claim that with their new phasing algorithm they are better able to detect smaller segments down to 5 cM. However, some of the relationship predictions are really weird. As I go down the list I've got matches with ninth cousins and 10th cousins as well as lots of matches with ninth cousins twice removed and 10th cousins twice removed but there are no ninth or tenth cousins once removed which makes no sense at all. I only have a handful of identifiable relatives at 23andMe but these closer matches don't seem to have changed too much though I haven't done any comparisons. I'm curious to know how other people's matches have been affected by these new algorithms. Best wishes Debbie Kennett
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Free Ancestry access 1-9 March
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Free Access: 1-9 March Free access ends 9 Mar 2025 Must use this link: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/womens-history?o_sch=Email+Campaigns This link is to the UK version of Ancestry. I don't know if US records are included in this access. Lynne -- Lynne
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MYHERITAGE DNA: NEW DATA UPLOADS GET FREE ADVANCED TOOLS
Hello all, MyHeritage DNA is offering free access to premium-priced advanced tools if you upload new raw DNA data between now and 9 March 2025: https://throughthetreesblog.tumblr.com/post/776924092349677568/upload-your-dna-data-to-myheritage-for-free-enjoy Enjoy a fun Sunday. Very respectfully, Shannon-- Mr. Shannon S. Christmas http://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonchristmas/
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