5 years had passed since Ian first discovered the brick wall, though he tried to crack it a few times. Ian retired in late 2016 and seriously started to try to crack the “Leigh Hunter” brick wall. Ian came to the conclusion that he would never make any progress using Read more
Ian received his Ancestry DNA results, all these new relatives he shared DNA with. How to proceed with any of this information? Ian started with people who shared the greatest amounts of DNA with him. He placed these matches into a family tree. Ian tried to discover his connection to Read more
November 2018, Ian uploaded his Ancestry DNA test to the MyHeritage.com website. Hoping that someone connected to his paternal line might have a DNA test at MyHeritage. Ian was still searching for the Hunter family that we think Leigh and Joseph Leigh belonged to. We found plenty of people with Read more
As more time passes, Ian decides that another approach might be necessary to try and crack the family mystery. Ian was getting sort of desperate by this time. Still, he had not made any progress in finding Leigh Hunter. Ian considered trying different approaches, anything to make any progress on Read more
A new relative popped up on a DNA site matching Ian. Ian wondered whether she was the daughter of a musician, that Ian has been a huge fan of since the 80s, based upon surname. Ian sent a message to the lady, though he didn’t anticipate a response. The young Read more
Still no closer to solving the family mystery, Jane was keen to try and help, as Ian struggled to try and work out which side of the family some of the DNA connections could be on, Ian still suspects there is some crossover, i.e. people that he is related to 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
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