Still a work in progress with this one as nothing conclusive has emerged to nail things but ..
I have two questions.
Yesterday, I added a potential Father for my Grandmother. This hypothesis ancestor immediately came on Thrulines and a message was there stating changes might be made in 24 hours.
Now this person has completely disappeared from Thrulines even though I still have them on my Tree as a hypothesis ancestor. Is this a glitch or might I expect them to reappear on Thrulines soon once any changes are completed?
Second question is regarding the match I have for someone else who has this ancestor which could hypothetically be mine too.
This person is showing as a 4th cousin match. However, am I right in thinking this may be because we might be half 'cousins' and that we might have a closer link than other usual full 4th cousins might have?
I think this person may possibly hold the missing key to my Great Grandfather. In each of our trees we have no known shared ancestors but his ancestor line was in the vicinity. This match's Great Grandfather has two records which indicate that he was living in South Shields in the decade my Grandmother was born. He also married in Westoe not far from where my Grandmother was born and lived.
This is just a hypothesis of course and this may not be Grandmother's Father. However, this does feel like a good potential lead to investigate further.
Hopefully, I'll get there one of these days.