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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: DNA match 1147 cms
« on: Thursday 04 February 21 09:28 GMT (UK) »Earlier today I rushed out a reply to this post without thinking this through. I was on a plane about to land so...If this person is a half niece or nephew then the implication is that you have a half sibling via one of your parents. This is a big deal, exciting, but does challenge some of your familial knowledge. I understand your reluctance to communicate with this person. Good luck, no wrong decision here.
Thank you for you reply and for backing up my theory. Yes, I do believe I have/had a half sibling! I know this connection is on my paternal line as there are other matches on my paternal line who match this person too. I thought again about the possibility of this being a 1st cousin match but it would mean one of my paternal uncles would have had a child in his 50s and the mother of the child would have been in her 30s when my match was born....not impossible I suppose.
Ironically the mother of my match (my possible half sibling) died aged 64 exactly the same age as my father when he died.
I’ve discounted this being a ‘double relationship’ as I believe this would also affect the number of cms I share with my other paternal matches who also match this person.
I have an elderly paternal aunt who has an excellent memory so my next step will be to ask her if she recognises any of the names in my match’s tree.
Yes, I am quite excited about the possibility that I have family I never knew about but still unsure whether to make contact with my match.