The Realisation – Records were not going to be the answer

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’s Ancestry DNA results had finally arrived – How to proceed

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

Uploading the Ancestry test to MyHeritage – widening the pool of relatives

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

Joseph takes an Ancestry DNA test, what did his results reveal

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