Below is data regarding a gentleman called Bill who shares DNA with Jane, her father and Ian, though Ian shares more DNA with Bill than Jane or her father, Joseph
Now the gentleman above, Bill, the amount of DNA he shares with Ian is frustrating, it is 101 cM, though we just can’t place him in our tree, No Hunter’s, No McCallum. The basic tree Bill has on Ancestry doesn’t suggest any connections to the familial lines that lead to the known grandparents in the case of Jane and Ian, which is really a problem as Ancestry suggests that Bill is probably one of the following relations to Ian:
Jane’s father Joseph, shares 66 cM with Bill, Ancestry suggests the following possible relationships:
Jane shares 29 cM with Bill, Ancestry suggests the following possible relationships
We have been able to place people in our tree when they share as little as 8 cM (centimorgans), so surely we can place someone who should be far closer than a fourth cousin to any of us.
The above information suggests that Ian is more closely related to Bill than Jane or her father Joseph, though this just might demonstrate the “funny” nature of DNA, possible evidence that you don’t inherit anything close to 25% from each grandparent evenly.
Though there is always the possibility that Ian also inherited some shared DNA with Bill from another source, this isn’t impossible! Ian has a McCallum relative, one of whose sons had 2 children, from shared DNA matches. Ian is also related to the 2 children’s mother, so Ian has DNA connections to both the children’s maternal and paternal lines. Never dismiss anything till proved or otherwise.
