In a previous Blog, I looked at some of my own Ancestry Clusters on my Frazer side. One of my conclusions was that my siblings may have better matches than I do.
Heidi and Mabel
I chose Mabel as she has a good match with Heidi:
Here are the clusters:
Here is the 9 match cluster:
As Keith is in this cluster, I will call this a McMaster Cluster. Here is part of my McMaster DNA Tree:
Keith and Heidi are 3rd cousins once removed.
Morgan
Morgan shows this tree:
Fortunately, the McMaster side is best represented. According to Shared Matches, Morgan could be a first cousin once removed to Keith above. I will try to add Morgan to my Ancestry tree.
For another tree, I see that Violet was born in Tobercurry:
It looks like I already have Frances Jane McMaster in my tree:
Here there are two places where I could connect on the McMaster side. Here are the common ancestors I recognize:
It turns out I already had Morgan in my McMaster DNA Tree:
He is a fourth cousin to Heidi and her siblings.
The 11 Match Cluster
This is also a McMaster Cluster:
However, there are many Frazers in there, but they also descend from Margaret McMaster. Whitney is new to this cluster but descends from Margaret McMaster.
The 18 Match Cluster
Here we have a double cluster. The closer relatives are at the bottom right. Keith and Morgan are the McMasters and the others are in the 2nd cousin range of Frazers. The top left are the Frazer only relatives that are more distant.
The 37 Match Cluster
Here is what I see in general:
BV has been added to the first cluster. Here is the connection:
This gets back to an older McMaster/Frazer connection. After looking more closely at some of the matches, I see that this is the way the clusters should sort out:
This means that it looks like Heidi has more Frazer matches with McMaster connections than without McMaster connections. The second box has Jane as the first match. She matches on two Frazer Lines.
From Jane’s tree showing her grandfather, the lines go back to Archibald Frazer and Anee Stinson and Richard Frazer. The most direct route is on the Richard Frazer Line.
Jane is a fourth cousin once removed to my sister Heidi and her siblings. That is through Violet Frazer on our line who married James Frazer.
Gladys is also in that second cluster. She is a third cousin once removed:
The cluster we are looking at is good because it has 2nd, third and fourth cousins in it. There are many unidentified relatives in the clusters also.
The 38 match cluster is very similar to the 37 match cluster.
Jonathan’s Clusters with Faye
Jon is my brother. Jon and Faye have a good match with each other even though they are 3rd cousins:
I don’t know who NF but he must be in the same relationship range as Faye:
Next, we are up to 7 matches:
This adds in Whitney and Stephen. Here they are in my Frazer DNA tree:
Jumping from 7 to 26 Matches
As above, I am seeing a distinction of two types of Frazer. One does not clearly include McMasters and one includes McMasters. For example, here is the last match, Goosie, who descends from William McMaster and Margaret Frazer:
Jeanette
Jeanette is an interesting match with Jon. Here is her paternal side tree:
Fraser in the cluster is Jeanette’s father. One clue at Ancestry is that Robert Johnston married Ann Frazer. I have Ann in my DNA tree:
I would like to add Jeanette to my Ancestry tree and to my DNA tree. Here is Lethbridge where Jeanette has her grandfather passing away:
I don’t find a lot of clues for Jeanette’s grandfather, so I will have to go with her tree.
Here is Jeanette’s great-grandfather in 1931:
Alexander is buried here:
Here is the family in 1901:
Ancestry has this going back to Ann Frazer (as a suggestion):
Here is Clarence in 1881:
I am thinking that Robert Johnson’s first wife had died by this time as the present wife is only 37. When I add in Robert W Johnston, I get another suggestion:
I do notice this record:
That could be why Michael is in a tight group with Fraser and Jeanette:
Michael descends from the Archibald and Anne Stinson Line through John Frazer:
I have that John was a brother of Mary who married William Johnston. It turns out I had this Line of the Archibald DNA Tree also:
I’ll change the color of this line for consistency:
This is part of the Archibald Frazer/Stinson Line. Michael is on the right in the red circle and I have added his sister Susan.
Here is an old chart I just updated by putting a green box on the right to show another relationship to the Johnston Line It shows the three Frazer brothers:
There should be another green line on the right for Mary Frazer who married William Johnston. So, if I have it right (and that is a big if):
- The Johnston Line is under Philip Frazer and Archibald Frazer
- My Line (blue) is under Philip Frazer and Richard Frazer
- I’m not sure if the purple line is right (Falconer)
- The duller green line with Jane is under Richard and Archibald Frazer.
- The yellow line (Frazer/Hazzard) is also under Richard and Archibald Frazer
- Same with the Fraser-Allen Line in a pinkish hue.
- The least documented line seems to be the Philip Line. I think it is right based on naming patterns and DNA matches.
Here I have added Jeanette’s Line to my tree at Ancestry:
Here is Jeanette’s Line added under my Philip Frazer DNA Tree:
Here she is on the Archibald Line:
Summary and Conclusions
- It was helpful to look at my older sister and brother to see what some of their Frazer clusters looked like
- My brother’s clusters added a Johnston Line that I did not have on my Frazer DNA tree previously. This reminded me that the Johnstons are related through the Archibald Line as well as the Philip Frazer Line.
- This also helped me to work on the Ancestry Tree to update my Johnston connections.
- I still have two younger sisters who have tested at Ancestry. They may reveal slightly different clusters.