Hi, I find DNA a little confusing so need to know if I am doing the right thing or just wasting my time. I am trying to find out who my maternal grandfather was and have a suspect in mind.
I have generated a family tree for him for both his maternal and paternal sides back as far as grandparents using all siblings as well. Then I have checked all the surnames this has produced and matched them with the people on my DNA results list. There are so many that I began to feel optimistic. I am now going thru each one searching for a connection. This is taking ages but it will be worth it if I do find what I'm looking for.
It did occur to me that perhaps ThruLines might help and so I have entered all the details of my potential grandfather's tree which I'd done onto my tree hoping that ThruLines might come up with
the right line to check. Was this the right thing to do do you reckon?
I have looked at public member's trees but it doesn't actually tell you if that person has done a DNA test only that IF they have then you aren't a match. It would be useful to know if they have or not because if they have and I am not a match then I know that that this potential grandfather isn't the one I'm searching for. Is there any way of finding this out?
Any help gratefully received but, please, keep it simple and don't get too technical with me as I'm easily confused.