I have already looked at some of my own clusters and those with my older sister and brother. To finish the cycle, I will look at Lori and Sharon’s Clusters at Ancestry.
Lori and Mabel
Lori and Mabel are 2nd cousins once removed. Their common ancestors are George Frazer and Margaret McMaster:
They have quite a few clusters together:
One thing that is unusual is that they have two clusters with exactly the same number of matches. I don’t recall seeing that before.
9 Match Cluster
This must be a McMaster Cluster as Keith has no known Frazer ancestry:
Actually, Keith has this Frazer ancestor:
James McMaster married Fanny McMaster and I have her mother is Margaret Frazer.
Cluster of 10 Matches
This tree adds Brad. I do not know exactly how he fits in. Ancestry thinks that John could be his great uncle:
Based on Brad’s last name, he must descend from John’s sister.
12 Match Cluster
Whitney and Stephen are added at the top. They are only the previous Frazer DNA Tree descending from Richard Frazer born 1875. The pink cluster shows how the Frazer and McMaster lines intertwine, I suppose.
The First 13 Match Cluster
Here, BV is added:
BV is an older match going back to William McMaster and Margaret Frazer, so a generation earlier than the common ancestors of Lori and Keith. To confuse things, Margaret McMaster was from the James Frazer Line. Archibald and James were two brothers born in the first half of the 1700’s. I am from both lines, but mostly from the Archibald Line.
The Second 13 Match Cluster
Perhaps Ancestry computers were working overtime on this one. Now BV is gone, so this is not as ancient a connection. It should also be theoretically less confusing. Here Brad is put back in for some reason.
A 14 Match Cluster Bringing Back BV
I feel that BV has a big effect on these clusters:
Ramping Up to a 44 Match Cluster
This is a bit overwhelming:
Here are some possible clusters within these 44 matches that I see:
The first 2 matches are Lucy and Michael. Here is how Lori and Michael are related:
I have been in touch with Michael and Jane who both descend from Richard Frazer:
Here is a new and improved take on this Cluster:
- The first large cluster descend from Richard Frazer who was born in the later half of the 1700’s
- Gladys and the small cluster descend from James Frazer and Violet Frazer where Violet is the daughter of Richard Frazer.
- The next large cluster are descendants of McMasters and Frazers.
- The cluster within that cluster are Lori’s (therefor miy) more recent relatives descending from George Frazer born about 1836 and Margaret McMaster
- There should be another box including BV. This is for the more distant connections descending from William McMaster born about 1790 and Margaret Frazer
- Below BV I see Marshall who has McMaster ancestry. Perhaps he is related on the McMaster side only and not on the Frazer side.
- Looking at the clusters followin Marshall, they seem to have more affinity to the McMaster or McMaster/Frazer side than the Frazer only side
Lori and Mabel’s 49 Match Cluster
This is a variation of the 44 match cluster:
Here is a simple interpretation:
In between the two clusters is Marshall who I had guessed had only McMaster ancestors without a Frazer connection.
Sharon and Mabel
Sharon is my last sibling tested at Ancestry to Blog about. I also picked her Mabel connection to Cluster:
Where Lori had 8 clusters, Sharon has 6 but of similar size.
As expected, the first cluster has relatives in the 2nd or third cousin range descending from George Frazer and Margaret McMaster:
Correction. Keith is a 3rd cousin once removed on the McMaster side only at that level. That has to make this a McMaster cluster.
10 Match Cluster
Here Whitney and Stephen get added. I believe all these except Keith descend from Frazers:
Stephen is the uncle of Whitney, but I have not added him to my McMaster DNA Tree.
15 Match Cluster
The first cluster is mostly Frazers but descending from the McMaster side based on inclusion of Keith. the second do not have McMaster ancestry and probably descend from James Frazer and Violet Frazer who were born in the first decade of the 1800’s (as were James and Fanny McMaster – the common ancestors between Keith and Sharon).
16 Match Cluster
Very similar to the previous cluster:
47 Match Cluster
Here we have a large leap:
This is a different look. I must not look at Sharon’s results often as some of these names seem new to me. For some reason, with Sharon’s clusters, the Richard Frazer descendant relationships are not highlighted.
Lucas
One interesting match in the first large cluster above is Lucas. He shows this tree:
Lucas shows his paternal line going back to Michael Frazer born 1764. This would be an important connection if true. Here is my great-grandfather’s ancestry:
I have his maternal line going back to Michael Frazer also. My Frazer researcher friend in Scotland also has Lucas in her tree with the same ancestry showing as Lucas. She also shows a DNA match medalion next to his name.
Here is my Frazer DNA Tree for that branch:
If the tree is right, then Lucas should be a close relative to Bonnie. I have access to Bonnie’s results and yes, he does show as her 1st cousin once removed. Based on that, and the DNA connection between Bonnie and Lucas, I will add him in to my Michael Frazer Branch DNA Tree:
It seems a bit random that Lucas would have shown up in this cluster.
I think this is what Sharon and Mabel’s clusters are telling me:
For some reason, Matthew has a lot of matches with all red-boxed clusters.
Mynew
The last match in the cluster group is Mynew:
Here is my Philip DNA Tree:
This seem to be the right connection to my ancestor James Frazer who as I have as the brother of Philip Frazer at the top of the green chart above. I just wish that there were more DNA matches. At the 5th cousin level, it is difficult to get this.
49 Match Cluster
This one is similar but it has LS:
However, LS does not show as a match to Mynew. (last match who also descends from Philip Frazer. Based on my green DNA chart above LS and Mynew should be 4th cousins, so there is a good chance that the two may not match each other.
Diane
Diane is also in the cluster with LS. Here is her paternal side tree:
I see she has an Isabella Johnston in her tree This Isabella was born around 1830, lived in Canada, but was born in Ireland. Possibly the relative of an ancestor.
This could be the same Isabella in 1851:
Baptiste is possibly her brother – though Baptiste does not seem like an Irish name.
Alannah
Alannah appears as a match just above the cluster that LS is in. Here is Alannah’s tree:
Alannah shows a Frederick Taylor married to a Catherine Johnston from Ireland. In my Philip Frazer Tree I have this:
Philip Frazer at the top who was the son of aonther Philip Frazer who I believe I descend from married a Mary Taylor and/or Gray. Sharon and I could be related to Alanna on either the Johnston or Taylor Line or both.
Summary and Conclusions
- I looked at the last of my two siblings’ Frazer Clusters at Ancestry
- I was surprised at how many of the clusters highlighted the Richard Frazer Line except for my sister Sharon. For some reason, her clusters steered clear of this line.
- it was certainly helpful looking at 5 sets of clusters (mine and my 4 siblings) rather than just one set
- I was interested in any matches which descended from the Philip Line. This line appeared to marry into the Johnston family and many of the Irish moved to Canada.
- In some cases it is possible to see in the clusters the familiies of ancestors. In other cases where the families are not easily identifiable, there could be hints as to where the genealogy is going as in the case above with the Johnston and Taylor families of Ireland.