Anyone with DNA knowledge/expertise - Family Puzzle!

[Littlebn20]

Highest matches are 34 cM, 33cM, 31cM and then loads between 22 - 12cM ( x 12 matches in this range) x

[brigidmac]

Definitely something to work on .the fact you match descendants of children of both wives means that the match is through the father not the mother's

Next

You have to check if any of the 25+ cm matches have shared matches with any other cluster of shared names

Looking for connections from UK to USA

[brigidmac]

Thanks for the glowing review Littlebn  *i didnt spot reply 17 yesterday.

I m sure we have helped some of the American matches climb further up their tree + it's been exciting to watch developments confirm the DNA to one distant ancestor .
Which will surely inspire others to use this method


Now to apply the same technique to find the English Irish descendants and John LANGSTON s baby mama

* Will link this topic to the American one .

[brigidmac]

Littlenbn By the way the link you posted to nansdadclues tree in initial post is fixed on your early hypothesis I think it's changed quite a bit since then

You should put your gran or living person as the home person instead of cc who you could  call   matchB then you can see what relationships would be of the matching generations

Does that make sense

[JohnLFC]

Hi everyone, I suspect there's been a name change at either gf or great gf level on my maternal side, despite having a name of my great gf on my gf's marriage cert. I've been searching for my great gf and great gm for 7 years without success. I've purchased lots of certificates without giving me a firm clue and built multiple trees just adding my gf in hoping for a dna match. My only hope remains through a dna match (of which there are hundreds) but none with the supposed family name of Parker. Is it worth using the heritage tool mentioned above, is it easy to use and is it costly? I've literally run out of ideas now.
John

[brigidmac]

John ive never used the heritage tool but its definitely worth looking at dna matches with shared surnames
Littlebn has a few first ti second cousin matches and im beginning to suspect  name changes  too as there seems no other explanation of how Dougherty Weir Thompson and Fox matches

[JohnLFC]

Thanks Brigid, I have asked Ancestry for a quote focusing on DNA rather than research, but they haven't got back to me yet.

[brigidmac]

Little bn you now have another definate ancestors with a cluster of matches through 3 of his different children

It's John THOMPSON 1804- 1903

It's a question of working out how close the matches are to you and how close to each other

His great granchilds mutual matches will give the most clues .
My working theory is that you are and your WEIR match are both his great great grandchildren
And your highest match is a great grandchild but from the same one of his children

I hope that makes sense and that other descendants of adoptees can use the same working down techniques
It is slow but more scientific than taking guess at nearest matches surnames ..tho sometimes that method brings a lucky break
I found your potential  great grandfather lodging in household with your new matches 4 year old grandfather ...it doesn't mean he is the birth father but they are connected !

[Littlebn20]

Its the best clue that we have really ever had, so its a magnificent find. Thank you.