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It is difficult because cousins can share similar  Amounts to half siblings
I'm comparing with my mother's known half cousins on both sides and our 3 generations

There are Variations to mums paternal halfciR
Mt generation Match between 48-75cm but her grandson matches by116cm

I think you have to look at the segment amount too
 Mums maternal half C is a 336cm match 9seg
He matches me and my cousin exactly 192cm
7 segs +14segs
+Next generation 54cm 3segs

Your examples to W seem higher thru the generations
Isn't he more likely to be the grandfather

There are other possibilities depending on the ages of the 5 brothers could the youngest have been a son brought up by the paternal grandparents . Can you absolutely rule out that the birth father is not the generation above ie the 5 boys father that would explain the high matches to younger generation



I'm afraid that once you've narrowed it down to brothers you can't tell difference between connections to their nephews or sons to who could be X s half uncle or father .or

Only clues from location . Occupation. Opportunity and possibly  from name of the baby ..

As far as I know, they were all living relatively near to the right place. The baby's name had no family connections. Y was a tailor, W was a hairdresser. The other brothers had similar jobs. And it's true I cannot confirm that Y and W's father was not the father, though knowing what X's grandmother was like, it seems less likely to me.

I don't know about W being the father though, as although it is true X and her family matched quite closely with Joe, one of his grandsons, they matched far less closely with Rae and Lou (grandson and great-grandson respectively), with X's granddaughter not even matching with Lou at all.

Posted at same time as Ruskie

Does X Have any DNA links to the mother's family of Y W +brothers
Just to rule out that their father wasnt the "culprit"
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Do they all have the same mother  ?

Hello. X doesn't seem to have any maternal family links HOWEVER i have struggled to trace the maternal family due to Polish records being spotty at best so I may be missing something.

The brothers' father would have been 57 at the time, so I suppose he is a possibility.

They all had the same mother. There were ten children in total - 8 sons, 2 daughters. 6 were of the appropriate age to be X's grandfather.

Quote from: brigidmac on Monday 06 March 23 22:39 GMT (UK)

It looks probable to me
Does X have any children or grandchildren who could test too?
If  you have more than one generation tested you can triangulate results

I manage 3 generations of my familys DNA and sometimes the younger generation get a stronger hit to the branch im looking at .

The fact that X has matches to more than one sibling + cousins descendants is quite conclusive .

Yes X has a child and grandchild who tested. Her child's matches:

Ann: 216cM (3%)
Joe: 249cM (4%)
Lee: 123cM (2%)
Rae: 51cM (<1%)
Lou: 28cM (<1%)
Don: 69cM (<1%)
Ron: 61cM (<1%)

Her grandchild's matches:

Ann: 146cM (2%)
Joe: 223cM (3%)
Lee: 96cM (1%)
Rae: 15cM (<1%)
Lou: No match
Don: 62cM (<1%)
Ron: 55cM (<1%)

X is looking for her grandfather (her mother was illegitimate). The best candidate is 'Y'.

Match 1: Y's grandaughter, 'Ann': (potential half first cousin) - 473cM (7% shared)
Match 2: Y's brother's (W) grandson, 'Joe': (potential second cousin) - 318cM (5% shared)
Match 3: Y's brother's (W) great-grandson, 'Lee': (potential second cousin 1x removed) - 194cM (3%)
Match 4: Y's brother's (W) granddaughter, 'Rae': (potential second cousin) - 155cM (2%)
Match 5: Rae's son, 'Lou': (potential second cousin 1x removed) - 123cM (2%)
Match 6: Y's cousin's grandson, 'Don': (potential second cousin 1x removed?) - 71cM (1%)
Match 7: Don's son 'Ron': (potential second cousin 2x removed?) - 54cM (1%)

How likely is it that Y is the father? Ann only shares 253cM with Joe.

(Please do not tell me to do more research. This is as much as I have been able to do over 3 years!)

George Howard WILKINSON baptised Sidcup, Kent 1913, son of George Harry and Maud Frances (nee HOWARD).  Father's occupation, publisher.

George (widower) and Maud's marriage in 1906 names his father as Augustus WILKINSON, deceased.

1911 census at Sidcup has George Snr. aged 55 born Great Ilford, Essex.

WILKINSON, GEORGE  HARRY
Mother's maiden surname: RIDGE     
GRO Reference: 1855  D Quarter in THE ROMFORD UNION  Volume 04A  Page 72

He was Conrad's brother?

Debra 

Yes - George Harry was Conrad's brother! I must have missed George Howard in my research. Thank you.