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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Likelihood of grandfatherhood.
« on: Tuesday 07 March 23 13:00 GMT (UK) »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.