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« on: Tuesday 27 June 23 23:52 BST (UK) »
Hi Everyone,
Looking for opinions and advice on this one.
I ordered my brother-in-law an Ancestry DNA test as his mother was adopted and we were curious to find out anything about her family. The results came back recently and it has confirmed what we thought we knew about his biological maternal grandmother who was a lady from Co. Wicklow, who moved to England with her sister in their late teens, and she gave birth a few years later in October 1961.
DNA matches have come back on the maternal biological grandfathers line indicating that this man was from America. I think I have narrowed it down to one man, who I have been told was in the military, so perhaps there was some conflict or reason he would have been stationed over in England in 1960/1961? This line of the family seems to have multiple DNA connections, well over 40 that I can pinpoint.
Now, the bombshell in this is that the DNA results revealed that my brother in law's father, is not his biological father which was not expected. His father, auntie, half sister, paternal cousins have previously tested and are not showing as DNA matches on ancestry. So this has thrown up a lot of questions.
Can it be possible that there can be any mistake in these DNA results? I have read this question from many other researchers, but now I find myself asking it too.
I know it may be difficult to research the paternal line as not many close DNA matches have come up, and being mainly Welsh with the common surnames that seem to be appearing it makes it extra difficult. Can anyone advise on how to approach this, what services or professionals may be able to help?
I look forward to hearing from anyone willing to help.
Many thanks,
Keelan