Re: Lack of Matches
Posted: 17 Jan 2024, 15:46
Out of eight great-grandparents I've only been able to find DNA links to about five.
The others could be the result of false paternity, or simply the lack of matches/records on the products I'm registered with.
As mentioned already, Ancestry's hints rely on other user's trees and these can be unreliable, or non-existent for some names.
I've particularly drawn blanks with Scotland and Ireland, which I think is down to lack of complete records in these countries as much as anything else.
MyTrueAncestry has also given me hints to family connections in these places, but they only rely on a few samples so can only be used as hints.
On the other hand, Norfolk, and to some extent Durham and Lincolnshire seem to have given me a lot of DNA matches that match paper trails.
With some families I've had to wait a few generations to find a match and as said these will either be small and maybe unreliiable, although if I get matches with several different people of. say 10cM , for a relative of long ago I'm tempted to believe there may be a connection. I may be wrong!
Like others, I usually use DNA as corroborating evidence (or not) to what I have discovered on paper!
The others could be the result of false paternity, or simply the lack of matches/records on the products I'm registered with.
As mentioned already, Ancestry's hints rely on other user's trees and these can be unreliable, or non-existent for some names.
I've particularly drawn blanks with Scotland and Ireland, which I think is down to lack of complete records in these countries as much as anything else.
MyTrueAncestry has also given me hints to family connections in these places, but they only rely on a few samples so can only be used as hints.
On the other hand, Norfolk, and to some extent Durham and Lincolnshire seem to have given me a lot of DNA matches that match paper trails.
With some families I've had to wait a few generations to find a match and as said these will either be small and maybe unreliiable, although if I get matches with several different people of. say 10cM , for a relative of long ago I'm tempted to believe there may be a connection. I may be wrong!
Like others, I usually use DNA as corroborating evidence (or not) to what I have discovered on paper!