dna 2nd cousin

[kerry1212]

Would a NPE mean my dad's sister? i really have no clue about that, the only thing i know is my dad has a child who we are tring but failing to find has we do not have much info to go on, we do share quite a lot of 3-5th cousins

[kerry1212]

Her grandaughter said she knows there are secrets in their family too it is just finding who, what and where lol

[Gadget]

It could be two lines of one of your parents. When did her family go to Canada? Are any of the other matches from Canada/USA?  How old were your father and aunt - were they the same generation as the main match?

I think it means working over and over through the records - even re-doing the trees.  It took me ages to find a great grandfather but I found him via going over and over the trees on a particular group of DNA matches.


Sorry some typos - have corrected 

[kerry1212]

there are an awful lot of matches from canada and usa, but my dna came back 97% england and northwestern europe and 3% irish? i made a tree just for her side and still found nothing lol, everyone who we share a match with too have no idea it is frustrating

[Gadget]

Would it be possible for you to send me links to your tree and hers via a PM?  I could  have a look to see if I can spot something.

[kerry1212]

sent them, thank you Gadget

[brigidmac]

2nd cousin matches are when share 2 great grandparents

If this is a connection to your half sibling relationships will be a bit  skewed could it  be half neice at that level .

Or could it be related to one of your grandparents ....my mother has similar DNA match 336cm  to someone who is actually her half cousin ...her mother was adopted
I connect 192cm to him he is my age because a late child of his father's second marriage ....

Have you looked at more distant links to both your paternal grandparents surnames ?

Good luck working it out .

[Gadget]

I've been investigating for a couple of days. Kerry has given me access to her DNA and the  trees.  I've found a possible NPE. It's not straightforward as the match's tree is not wholly correct.

The match died early this year.

Gadget