My great-grandmother S was born illegitimately in Hampstead, London in 1919. She died in 2003 having not learned who her father was; however, anecdotal evidence suggests that her mother may have told her he was a Jewish man.
I got the results for a DNA test in August of 2020 and quickly worked out that Mystery Man (MM) was indeed Jewish, as I had 9% (10% after the update) European Jewish DNA that 100% could not come from anywhere else. After some research, I came up with a candiate for S's father, who I will give the name; A. Morgan
A. Morgan was born in London, England in 1888, the first son of Jewish Polish immigrants. His father anglicized his surname when he came to Britain. At the time of S's birth, A. Morgan was married, and living in Spitalfields. I reached the conclusion he was S's father by going through some of my key Jewish matches:
- Match 1 = 223cm. Has the 'Morgan' surname. He is the grandson of A. Morgan and his wife.
- Match 2 = 115cm. No help.
- Match 3 = 104cm. Her Jewish grandfather was adopted by British parents, so a dead end.
- Match 4 = 96cm. He is the great-grandson of A. Morgan and his wife (through a different line).
- Match 5 = 62cm. Has the 'Morgan' surname. He is the son of A. Morgan's cousin.
- Match 6 = 55cm. Has the 'Morgan' surname. Son of Match 5.
However, I talked to a man called 'Jerry', who is another great-grandson of A. Morgan and has taken an Ancestry DNA test - and we didn't match. This makes no sense to me - I can only be related to Match 1 through the 'Morgan' line, as he is only Jewish on the Morgan side. And I'm sure Jerry would have noticed if he had a NPE on his side, especially as Match 1 told me he was the researcher of the family.
This is the only thing stopping me from conclusively saying A. Morgan was my great-great grandfather. Does anyone know what I'm missing here?
