Could DNA testing help discover father of my illegitimate Grandmother?

[Craclyn]

Adding this type of information in profile pictures creates frustrating hints for other users. If you want to add a visual effect then it is better to put an emoji into the suffix field so that you do not generate unnecessary photo hints.

[brigidmac]

Regarding thru lines they don't show up if your match has a different spelling
For instance a known match with shared photo has (h)Ellen  so doesn't match my Ellen

I have GARDNER sometimes spelt Gardener you can try altering spelling of ancestor and using box also known as to get different matches .you can always change back to your preferred spelling later.

Does anyone know if jus putting ' "also known as" tips work for thru lines ?

[River Tyne Lass]

Well, that certainly is an eye catcher sign!

With the 'Davisons' I ended up just putting the hypothesis sign on and I didn't add any death dates so hopefully they will have just appeared private to others.  I have since removed the lot as nothing has appeared to suggest a DNA link.  It was worth a try, I suppose.

[River Tyne Lass]

I will keep this in mind - I do unfortunately have some ancestors with unfortunate names which was spelled differently in several times.  One were 'McKetterick' - what a nightmare spelling wise in various records.

In this case I can imagine writing 'also known as' with several variations to follow.  A good idea though.  Perhaps this one on marriage, this one on birth etc?

[midlandslass]

My Gt Grandmother was  brought up in childrens homes in the late 1800's in Birmingham.
She knew nothing about her origins.
My Grand Uncle, her youngest son, is still alive at 97 and he agreed to do a DNA test.
Whilst I cannot pinpoint her mother I have very good clues to her grandparents from following the family lines of close matches.
When I started out in trying to identify her family I didn't have high expectations of finding matches, but I now know her mothers side were Scarfes and Tooleys from Lincolnshire.
Uploading the DNA to Gedcom was helpful in ascertaining the matches were on the maternal side.
I may never know her mothers identity but the DNA has certainly been very helpful in filling in gaps and narrowing down the possibles.

[Craclyn]

Uploading the DNA to Gedcom was helpful in ascertaining the matches were on the maternal side.
I may never know her mothers identity but the DNA has certainly been very helpful in filling in gaps and narrowing down the possibles.

Do you mean uploading to gedmatch?

[midlandslass]

  Senior moment

[scotmum]

Any progress?

By way of further encouragement, I haven't done DNA myself, but have recently been helping a lady in America who has. Her ancestor was born to a single mum, but the mum gave the child a not too common surname as middle name. When the child later married,  the middle name was used as surname, and a first name given for 'father' (which, fortunately, produced a not overly common in timescale, forename/surname combination).

Anyhow, add DNA into the mix, and descendants of three siblings from the 1830/40s, have each come up as matches to the lady I am helping, with one of the siblings also having the not overly common forename/surname combination, so looking good as the likely candidate, especially as the lady had already earmarked him as a potential, based on his name and location.

[River Tyne Lass]

No progress as yet with finding out who my missing Great Grandfather was, I'm afraid.  However, perhaps a breakthrough might still happen in the future .. I haven't given up hope!

On the plus side I have matched to people who are the descendants of my paternal Great Grandfather's brother who went to America.  Also just a few days ago I have been in contact with a lady who is a descendant of my paternal Great Grandfather's sister. 

I have also matched with a direct descendant of my paternal Great x 2 Grandfather's brother.  It is strange as someone who I am in contact with, who is a descendant of this brother has no DNA match with me.  However, she persuaded her Mother to have a test done and I have matched to her Mother.

I have also had matches to people who are descendants of some of my Mother's ancestors. 

So I can't grumble .. I don't regret having the test done.  That elusive missing Great Grandfather may yet be discovered one day .. especially as more and more people are tested.