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I'm helping my husband find the biological family of his adopted grandfather.

His grandmother's side of the tree is well researched and there are lots of version of it online.  His maternal grandfather is a complete mystery apart from the name of his birth mother and his date of birth.

He has had an Ancestry DNA test done and I have been slowly working my way through the possible mothers (common name in the place he was born).

I'm now in the position where I have a possible birth mother and a close cousin who is also researching but I haven't managed to persuade her to also take the Ancestry DNA test.

The only match on the tree is for someone who is the '1st cousin of wife of 1st cousin 2x removed' and I can't get my head around whether that makes her related by DNA to the birth mother or not.  If it isn't the birth mother, could it be somehow connected to the birth father (who doesn't appear on the original birth certificate).

I really need a second pair of eyes on this.  Can any clear-headed person assist?

Hello,

I have a photograph of three men, one older and two younger.  One of the younger men is definitely my great grandfather.  The other two I'm fairly sure are his brother and my 2 x great grandfather but as I have no other photos of either of them, I'm not 100% sure.

They're in a grouping of young man standing behind the two seated and the two seated are touching feet.  They're in work clothes but clean and tidy.

I seem to recall that there were hidden meanings behind how groups were seated and arranged in old photos.  Is this true?  If they are touching, are they likely to be related to each other?

Hi,
I have a mystery that I'm unable to solve.  I'm not sure if buying a certificate will help me.

William Baker(my 4 x great grandfather) born Derby 1767 was a Silk Man (Silk Agent in 1841 and 1851).  He married his wife Ann Mowry (another mystery but for another day..) in St Sepulchre London in November 1813 and they had four children, the eldest being Ann, born, intriguingly, in 1810.

By 1841, William and his eldest daughter were in Kings Place, Nottingham.  No sign of his wife.  His second daughter, Mary Ann and third daughter Hannah were married in London and his son George was also in London.  I can't find a death for his wife.

William died in Nottingham in 1859 just before Christmas and his death is noted in the Nottingham press.  He was 91.
In October 1860, his daughter Ann, now aged 50, married William Bradley at St. Mary Nottingham. This was also noted in the local press.

After that, they disappear.  I can't find them in the 1861 census or after that.  I can't find a death for Ann in Nottingham or London.  I've no idea how old William Bradley was.

A marriage certificate would tell me his occupation and age but I'm not sure whether that will help.

What could have happened to them?

Any ideas?

Attached is a snippet from George Jones (died 1892, Bethnal Green, London) death certificate.

I thought it says Purpura Haemorrhagia but Google tells me that's an equine disease.

Anyone know what it was in 21st century speak?  I though perhaps leukaemia?