Happy Christmas
I have been researching my son in laws mothers tree for her 75th birthday in January. It has been a bit of a rush and so have only gone back a few generations. The original surname is Urch. In my search I came across an ancestry member in the Urch tree with a DNA match to me!!! Obviously this was a huge shock, so I emailed the person but they did not reply. It states 5th to 8th cousin 8cM across 1 seg.
Can anyone explain this please.
Also if I now go back to my tree and look at the extended tree going backwards cousins etc should I in theory come across a connection?
I have already found a 1xcousin 3 x removed in my tree that marries an Urch but he is not in my son in laws tree at the moment.
Lastly I have bought my son in law a DNA kit to see if it comes up that we are actually related, if it is the case I was thinking of hiring someone to look at it for me. Any recommendations from who I might use?
Hope this makes sense
Sue