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Thank you. I'll give them a shout. Do.you know if all dioceses work like this. Or does each parish hold their own records

Ive been searching for my grandmother for most of my adult life i actually cant take it in that this other sarah is more than likely her! This is crazy! So are we def thinking this is her, after seeing the percentages of them 2 matches?? Are we sure haha?

Yes the mcdowells that i have all seen a pic of, are all very very similar.

I do have simones 2 sons on there as a dna match as well ill send them

1st son.....Shared DNA: 59 cM across 3 segments
Unweighted shared DNA: 61 cM
Longest segment: 30 cM

How do we estimate DNA relationships?
Possible DNA relationships

This table shows the percentage of the time people sharing 59 cM have the following relationships:

Percent   Relationship
37%   
3rd cousin
2nd cousin 2x removed
Half 2nd cousin 1x removed
Half 1st cousin 3x removed


2nd son.....hared DNA: 51 cM across 5 segments
Unweighted shared DNA: 74 cM
Longest segment: 25 cM

How do we estimate DNA relationships?
Possible DNA relationships

This table shows the percentage of the time people sharing 51 cM have the following relationships:

Percent   Relationship
37%   
3rd cousin
2nd cousin 2x removed
Half 2nd cousin 1x removed
Half 1st cousin 3x removed

Nothing so far that i can see rules it out, other than the dna should say 1st cousin match if it was 100%

My strongest dna match is to the daughter of evelyn. But apparently she only went to portsmouth for the day to marry as her husband was in the army. She returned home the next day

Thanks aghadowey for all them links. I think i had missed one or 2. I do actually have a dna match through the phillips so thats confirmed that side for me. Thank you. Sometimes i think ive looked that hard, im missing things. It really does help having another set of eyes.

So yes the mystery other Sarah McDowell.....I have been given 2 documents relating to her. One her marriage and one death certificate.
Her marriage took place 1st june 1940 in Portsmouth! To a man called Cyril Charles Davey. He is listed as being 21years and she is 30 years old.  She is a hotel chambermaid and he is a cook for N.A.A.F.I (NO CLUE) Her address is 22 stone street, Portsmouth. His address is 40 durham street.
His father Thomas Henry Davey and deceased. Hers listed as William McDowell Deceased.

Now her death.....She died 22nd feb 1989 in Portsmouth. Her name is now listed as Sadie Sarah Davey (my grandmother sarah, also was meant to have been known by sadie) Maiden name again listed as McDowell. DATE OF BIRTH LISTED AS 28TH SEPT 1909. (i cannot find from groni this birth) Place of birth northern ireland. Her husbands details again listed as the informant. Both living in Asbury Nursing home.Died of a Cerebral Vascular accident.