Towards the end of 2018, Ian decided to upgrade his Y-DNA tests done at FamilyTreeDNA, taking his Y-DNA37 results to Y-DNA67. At the end of April 2019, Ian decided he’d like a little more clarity on his paternal haplogroup, though not wanting to shell out for the full Y-DNA700 also Read more
Jane ordered an Ancestry DNA test for her father, this will prove to be very useful as it puts us a generation closer Getting an earlier generation to test is exceptionally useful because it is normal for the shared DNA to get “watered” down through generations. Though this is not Read more
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 Read more
The gentleman called Bill shares 101 cM (centiMorgans) with Ian on Ancestry. How can this be? Bill has a maternal great grandmother called Catherine Walton. Could this be the Kate Walton on Joseph Leigh Hunter’s wedding record? Catherine Walton appears to have been married to Matthew Lee 1838-1892, not a Read more
Jane and Ian had noticed the following similarities at this point between Matthew Lee ( son of Catherine Walton and Matthew Lee ) and Joseph Leigh Hunter The question became, is it possible Matthew Lee and Joseph Leigh Hunter were the same person? At this point, no way of proving Read more
Jane and Ian are now 100% certain of our paternal lineage, so on to solving the next mystery. A previous post we made was this one – It means nothing to me, an unexpected relative Ian has been a huge fan of this musician since he was a teenager. The Read more
When Jane and Ian initially suggested to Bill how we thought we were related via DNA, Bill was very sceptical, Ian recalls that he thought Bill was slightly “hostile” to our suggestion, he told Ian to prove it with records! Proving it with records was something Jane and Ian knew Read more
A very useful tool at MyHeritage is the Export shared DNA segment info for people you share DNA with, as shown in the screenshot below, click on the 3 dots to the right of the magnifying glass/search tool, to show the menu. The Post behind this hypherlink shows to get Read more
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
As AncestryUK has released Royal Air Force Operations Records Books, 1911-1963 this week. Below is Ian’s fathers enlistment record to the RAF, he joined age 17.