My children have stronger matches than me????

[diplodicus]

I am fortunate enough to have the ability to examine the shared matches for both my offspring. But...

... occasionally, I notice that whilst I share say, 28.0 cM with someone, one or even both of my offspring have greater shared amounts (e.g. 28.6 cM or 29.7 cM) with this same person! Since their mother was born and raised in Eastern Europe and the rest of her family never came to England this cannot be some random coincidence of distant relatives marrying.

Or can it?

[melba_schmelba]

I am fortunate enough to have the ability to examine the shared matches for both my offspring. But...

... occasionally, I notice that whilst I share say, 28.0 cM with someone, one or even both of my offspring have greater shared amounts (e.g. 28.6 cM or 29.7 cM) with this same person! Since their mother was born and raised in Eastern Europe and the rest of her family never came to England this cannot be some random coincidence of distant relatives marrying.

Or can it?

It's just a tiny difference, it's down to the fact the tests and processing algorithms will always deliver a slightly different result.