The purpose of the following series, “Shared Chromosomes”, is to discuss and demonstrate how using shared matches between multiple family members can be useful in discovering on which side of one’s family, paternal or maternal, a common match resides. Once identified matches can be compared on the Chromosome Browser and …
In this part of the series I will show how a family of DNA testers can collectively give guidance as to which side of the family a match emanates. A friend and member of one of the projects I administer was kind enough to allow me to use his …
This segment of the blog will address my own matches. As stated earlier I have a total of seven siblings and other relatives grouped together. First, there is my siblings-my sister, Fran, and my brother, Cliff, plus, myself, Mic. Second, I have two 1st cousins-Cousin Peggy, a daughter of …
In Shared Chromosomes Part 2 we saw how easy it was to discover on which side of the family a match was when parents are included in DNA testing and how it is even better when grand-parents are tested. In Shared Chromosomes Part 3 we saw how testing 1st and …
I have made a “page” on my website at http://yourfamilytree.micbarnette.com/mics-tree/ which lists my lineage from myself backward through ten generations. I have also added this lineage to this page at http://micsxchromosome.micbarnette.com The lineage is an Ahnentafel chart. When one creates a multi-generational pedigree chart on a genealogical computer software …