This post provides a link to a webpage where Ian will explain how, if you are familiar with spreadsheets how you can search DNA segment data similarly to the GEDMatch Tier 1 tool. Ian developed this tool using OpenOffice Calc when he realised the 1501 relative limitation at 23andMe. You Read more
Jane found the clipping below on FindMyPast. It is a clipping from Newcastle Evening Chronicle 10th March, 1892. The clipping details the death of Joseph Leigh Hunter aka Matthew Lee’s father, Matthew Lee (Senior) (1837-1892) We don’t know which son the clipping refers to, whether it was John or Thomas. Read more
It took cousins Jane and Ian years to work out that their paternal great grandfather lied about his true identity. It seems he took the trouble to make it difficult for his family to discover that his real surname wasn’t Hunter. The only thing he couldn’t hide or lie about Read more
Below is a comparison at GEDmatch of the autosomal DNA Ian and Bill share Below is a comparison at GEDmatch of the autosomal DNA Joseph and Bill share Below is a comparison at GEDmatch of the autosomal DNA Jane and Bill share
A shared match has recently appeared on MyHeritage showing that they share DNA with Jane, her father Joseph and Ian. Joseph shares the most DNA with the lady, he shares 105 cM as shown be below: We have removed some identifying information and presented the lady’s family tree below. Please Read more
Whilst trying to solve the family mystery of who Jane and Ian’s paternal great-grandfather was, Ian stumbled upon the following: Ian found this DNA connection as he had realised that records were never going to solve the family “Brick Wall”, so Ian was looking at anyone who shared DNA with Read more
Image above is Jane and Ian’s Great-Grandfather Joseph Leigh Hunter, his wife and step-daughter Finding the real identity of Leigh Hunter and his son Joseph Leigh Hunter How we smashed our genealogical brick wall and made other interesting discoveries during our search to solve our family mystery DNA doesn’t Lie, Read more
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We have been informed by one of our relatives that Catherine Walton may have ended up in a work house at some stage in her life. Isn’t life is a funny thing, in just a few generations, one of Catherine’s descendants, is now a sitting High Court Judge in the Read more