Aunt Elaine has Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland Ancestry. She has some Nova Scotia in there also. Here are her roots in Canada on a map:
The red marker is Canso, Nova Scotia. PEI is to the NW and Newfoundland to the NE of Canso.
Aunt Elaine’s Ancestors
The top half of the Elaine’s ancestor’s are from PEI. The Upshall side is from Newfoundland and the Daley side is from Nova Scotia. That makes Aunt Elaine 1/2 PEI ,and 1/4 each of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Aunt Elaine at AncestryDNA – Shared Ancestor Hints
At Ancestry, Aunt Elaine has 84 Shared Ancestry Hints (SAHs). These are people that match by both DNA and family tree. When I say there is a match by family tree, I mean that Elaine and the match have at least one common ancestor. The first match is between Aunt Elaine and Aunt Elaine’s half Aunt Esther. Aunt Esther has Newfoundland Ancestry. When I look at shared matches between Aunt Elaine and Aunt Esther, there are three with SAH’s. They are all Newfoundland relatives, or rather relatives with shared Nefoundland ancestors.
PEI DNA SAHs
Most of Elaine’s SAH’s are from PEI. There are two reasons for that. One is that Elaine is 1/2 from PEI. The other reason is that I have traced her Ellis ancestry quite a ways back. Also there were some pretty large Ellis familiies. Here are the results of the SAHs:
- About 81 PEI Ancestors – mostly Ellis
- About 3 Newfoundland ancestors – mostly Dicks
- 0 Nova Scotia (Daley) ancestors
Where Have All the Daleys Gone?
Elaine has 2 PEI grandparents: Ellis and Rayner. She has one Newfoundland ancestor: Upshall. Where are the DNA matches for her Nova Scotia maternal grandmother Elizabeth Daley? AncestryDNA has search functions. One is for name and the other is for birthplace. When I put in Canso, NS into the search, I get 7 people that show as 4th cousins to Elaine by DNA.
The 1st two 4th cousin matches have ancestors in PEI. They also match others that are Elaine’s PEI matches. Elaine’s third match with a Canso ancestor is Barbara. Here is Barbara’s tree:
Note the Rhynold and Daley names that match with Elaine’s tree. Barbara’s Catherine Daley is shown as having died in Canso, NS.
Summary and Conclusions
- Elaine has a ton of PEI Shared Ancestor Hints- mostly Ellis. In the past, when I have looked at Elaine’s sister’s DNA results, I have found it fairly easy to identify Ellis or PEI ancestors by DNA. These results help explain why that has been relatively easy.
- Elaine has a few Shared Ancestor Hints from Newfoundland
- Elaine has no Shared Ancestor Hints on her 1/4 Nova Scotia side. I have found a match with Barbara that has the Rhynold/Daley/Canso NS connection to Elaine
- When I look at Elaine’s matches at Gedmatch.com, I will be able to find out exactly where her PEI matches are (on which parts of which of Elaine’s chromosomes).