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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry DNA questions
« on: Monday 25 June 18 22:03 BST (UK)  »
Many people upload their raw data to other companies.

Take a look at GEDmatch.  This site will accept raw DNA uploads from different sources (Ancestry, 23andme, etc) so that you are comparing your DNA in a larger pool.  And it is a free service!

Bryce

Thanks, I've had a little look at Gedmatch and Myheritage, how do I upload my raw data?

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry DNA questions
« on: Monday 25 June 18 22:02 BST (UK)  »
I think that while DNA genealogy is a useful tool it’s no substitute for traditional research. I got my Ancestry results back a year ago and in that time I’ve managed to find the links to just ten of those.  One is a second cousin once removed, one is a half-second cousin, seven are 4th cousins and one is a 5th cousin.  In most cases they had good trees, although in one case they had just four people in their tree but by luck there was an unusual surname also in my tree which turned out to be the link.

I have many other matches where I’m still doing work to establish the links.  I guess I’ve learned two main things over the last year:

(1) Up until doing my DNA test I had always focused on going back in time with research. I went sideways across each generation (e.g. added in siblings) but never went back down these lines again to more recent generations. I now realise that coming back down these lines helps enormously with trying to place DNA matches.

(2) Linked to this, I now realise that I shouldn’t dismiss matches who are based in other countries. Initially I thought “no point in following this one up, she lives in the USA. No one in my family tree lived there.”  Wrong.  Coming back down these sideways lines I now find people who emigrated to the USA, Canada and New Zealand.  The common ancestor was in England, but people moved away.

Once you’re u get started you’ll learn some tricks, and making the first few links will give you new links.  It does become a bit easier, honest!

Thanks, I do the same with my search. Add siblings but not follow them down through the generations. I can see how this would help find the connection .

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry DNA questions
« on: Sunday 24 June 18 23:38 BST (UK)  »
Let us know how you get on Rebecca.  :)

As an aside, my FTDNA results show that I have 40% Eastern European, and am getting lots of matches with (presumably) Americans with Eastern European ancestry.

That's interesting, than you!

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry DNA questions
« on: Sunday 24 June 18 21:03 BST (UK)  »
Many people upload their raw data to other companies.

This can often throw up different matches.

Some information here:
https://dna-explained.com/2017/04/11/autosomal-dna-transfers-which-companies-accept-which-tests/

I have found My Heritage nice and easy to use. :)

Thankyou I'm going to try that!

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry DNA questions
« on: Sunday 24 June 18 10:54 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to you both!

Hello Rebecca,
The info from Ancestry indicates that the regional origins relate to inhabitants from those areas a couple of thousand years ago.
Matches will only be from people who have also done the Ancestry DNA test and have some similarities to your DNA. If you have a reasonably researched tree on Ancestry going back at least 4-5 generations, anyone with a tree also on Ancestry with ancestors at some point identical to yours, will come up as a match to you. Your tree and theirs will be displayed side by side back to the common ancestor.
The predominant results are from people in UK, USA and Australasia, with a very small no. from Europe.
The results don't appear to be as precise as we would like since we get half our genes from each parent and then only a part of each parent's DNA makeup, so we are not identical to siblings.
Like you, we have matches that don't seem to have links that the closeness of relationship suggests. In one case we have a reasonably close match in USA, but the tree for that person has no-one even close to a match for many generations back. I wonder if something went on behind the sheltershed that no-one knows about or wants to know about?
In another instance, 2 sisters come up as different generation relations to my wife.
While the results are very interesting, there is still a fair amount of explanation needed to grasp the implications in some cases.
I also wonder if fluke combinations show up as matches when in reality they aren't genealogical matches.
Best wishes,
Garry   
 

Thanks for explaining that. Yes, I agree about the potential for fluke matches and sometimes it takes a bit of research to figure out how you are connected. Its definitely been an interesting experience but perhaps a little more complicated than I first thought. Although it has been useful to confirm certain things in my family tree

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Ancestry DNA questions
« on: Sunday 24 June 18 02:04 BST (UK)  »
I've just had my DNA tested through ancestry I'm overall happy with how they've done things but I have a few questions that dont seem to be explained anywhere.

Do the match ups only include matches with other people who have Great British heritage. In my drop down menu to pick which areas I want to see matches from, it only let's me pick from the British areas. I do have about 60% heritage from western and eastern Europe. So, I'm not understanding how theres no matches from these areas

2. There are people who I'm matched with who are meant to be an extremely  high match with as 3rd cousins but it seems that we have absolutely no connection. So, I'm not sure what to think.

Has anyone else experienced something similar? ???

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I only have something like 153 4th cousins or closer on ancestry!! I think that's because I have alot of European heritage. I'm not sure but it really doesn't seem as many as other people on here!!!

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Armed Forces / Re: Soldier 1872
« on: Sunday 17 June 18 21:44 BST (UK)  »
I noticed that as well but I think based on the children living with their grandmother Barbra Teager in 1881 that the mother's maiden name was Teager  and Seager was a mistranscription https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27D-TT32

Yes, Teager sometimes gets misspelled as Seager or even Seago/Teago but they seen to generally use the Teager spelling.

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Armed Forces / Re: Soldier 1872
« on: Sunday 17 June 18 10:49 BST (UK)  »
The Police Record mentions that he was born in Islington

I think this might well be him in 1881 listed him as Charles R Butt https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27S-6P65

A Charles Richard Butt   married an Elizabeth Richardson at St Thomas, Lambeth on 31 Mar 1881 with father listed as Henry Butt (dead)   

Charles in 1861 with father Henry?? https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ML-H1YN

Thankyou, I've just been going through these records. It does look like a good possibility. I noticed that Henry and Elizabeth dont have any children together. I can't seem to read his occupation on the census, can you make out what it says?

In 1881 he is listed as a Messenger  I think

I noticed there was a birth of Charles Richard Butt in 1849 in  Islington and in 1901 a Messenger Somerset House

Thankyou, yes I think it does say he is a messenger. I couldn't figure it out what it said. In 1911 hes a retired civil servant.

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