The DNA Family Trees<\/h2>\n
I have\u00a0 built some trees of Frazer descendants who have had their DNA tested. These trees have generally included those who have uploaded their DNA to Gedmatch. Gedmatch has made it easier to analyze the detailed DNA as AncestryDNA does not supply that detailed chromosome information.<\/p>\n
The Archibald Main Line<\/h3>\n
Here is an overview of the Archibald Main Line:<\/p>\n
The three brothers near the top are Philip, Richard and Archibald. Cousin Richard is in the green branch on the left. My siblings and I are in the blue branch under Philip, but also belong under the Richard Line due to a cousin marriage. Jane in the Army green line was added to the Richard Line due to all her matches there and seems to fit in. Gladys is actually the sister of the person circled and is in all three brother Branches. Michael is in the Richard Line and an abbreviated rendition of Michael is shown in the Archibald\/Stinson line on the right above. David is included in purple due to a Frazer in his ancestry and DNA matches. He would be one of those branches with higher uncertainty.<\/p>\n The ones that I have circled are just the ones who I have access to their ThruLines. Many more Frazer’s have tested at AncestryDNA.<\/p>\n I have access to only Joanna and Beverly on this Line, though many others have tested at AncestryDNA.<\/p>\n Below I cut off the left-hand side of the James Branch to save room:<\/p>\n I have also put my family in green where they may match up with the James Main Line. It is possible that the green branch should be under the Michael Branch.<\/p>\n I’ll start with the James Line Branch as I have access to only two people in that Line. Joanna has already started doing her own ThruLine analysis on the James Line.<\/p>\n Starting slowly, we see Joanna’s connection with her dad:<\/p>\n This is the obvious stuff, but good research starts in the known present and works back to the unknown past. Going up a generation to Joanna’s grandfather doesn’t add any more matches. However, at Joanna’s great-grandfather level, there are some new matches:<\/p>\n Joanna’s grandfather has a brother William Fitzgerald Frazer who has 7 descendants who match Joanna by DNA.<\/p>\n Joanna matches four descendants of Minnie and three of Walter.<\/p>\n Let’s look at Joanna’s matches to Minnie’s descendants:<\/p>\n One thing I notice that is odd is that Joanna matches Steve by one more DNA segment than Kay. I wonder why?<\/p>\n Next, all the match levels have probabilities associated with them when I click on them. Let’s start with the two second cousins, once removed. They are Chris and Kay.<\/p>\n Chris matches Joanna by 18 cM. Ancestry thinks that has a low probability of being right:<\/p>\n Rather than show each chart, I’ve summarized Joanna’s four matches on the Minnie Branch:<\/p>\n Steve’s likelihood of being a good match is much better than his mom Kay’s. 22% seems low, but it was the second highest category with 25% being the highest in this situation.<\/p>\n Here the relationships are a little closer but the DNA matches are much, much higher.<\/p>\n I’m not sure what to make of this. This seems to say that Joanna’s match with the Minnie line is more unlikely and that her matches with the Walter James Line are more likely.<\/p>\n Here Joanna has only one match to give evidence to their common ancestor:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remember above that Chris had a match of 18 cM but he was supposed to be a second cousin, once removed. WG is a 3rd cousin once removed. Chris had a bad likelihood score of <1%. Let’s see what WG gets:<\/p>\n [Note: The genealogy in this Thruline is not correct. See my correction in my next Blog:]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Joanna’s in luck as Archibald 1792 had a brother:<\/p>\n That brother was some sort of hot-shot based on the size of his tomb stone. By the way, the 11 DNA matches shown above Joanna are the ones we already looked at.<\/p>\n CK and DK have low level matches with Joanna. We’ll put them into my spreadsheet:<\/p>\n When Joanna went back a generation, her percentages went up.<\/p>\n Joanna has this James as James Frazer of Clerragh:<\/p>\n We are fortunate that Archibald born 1751 had a brother Michael:<\/p>\n Joanna is getting more DNA action on the Michael Line. Here there are five matches. There are two I haven’t opened up yet under Patrick Henry Frazer.<\/p>\n First off, Mollie and I share the same ancestors of Margaret Frazer and William McMaster, so I find that interesting. The other interesting thing is that Mollie and Joanna are shown as fifth cousins, once removed. That goes off the charts:<\/p>\n Ancestry is giving percentages for up to 5th cousin, but after that, they don’t even want to make a guess.<\/p>\n Here are the numbers for all of Joanna’s ThruLines:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-14-12_15_27-Archibald-Line-Relationships.xlsx-Excel.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0The James Main Line<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nJames Line ThruLines<\/h2>\n
Joanna’s ThruLines<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nWhat Are the Odds?<\/h4>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nJoanna and Walter James Frazer<\/h4>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nJoanna’s Next Ancestor: Archibald Frazer born 1792<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nNext Up: Archibald Frazer Born 1751<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nIt’s Too Late To Turn Back: James Frazer Born 1720<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nJoanna and Mollie<\/h4>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nJoanna and the Michael Line<\/h4>\n