{"id":13785,"date":"2020-01-31T12:57:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T12:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=13785"},"modified":"2020-03-27T14:14:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T14:14:28","slug":"finding-my-dna-cousin-brenda-at-23andme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2020\/01\/31\/finding-my-dna-cousin-brenda-at-23andme\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding My DNA Cousin Brenda at 23andMe"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous Blog<\/a>, I figured out who my 23andMe cousin Kat was. I have another DNA cousin at 23andMe Brenda. I’d like to figure out where she fits in. 23andMe thinks that Brenda could be my third cousin:<\/p>\n

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Brenda and I share some DNA on 4 different chromosomes.<\/p>\n

Here is another hint:<\/p>\n

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Brenda and I also have DNA matches with Kat and Stephen. The match with Kat is more important, because if it is right, then Brenda is a 2nd cousin to Kat. Here is a DNA matching Frazer tree that I have:<\/p>\n

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If I am a third cousin to Brenda and she is on the Frazer tree, then our common ancestors would be George Frazer and Margaret McMaster. If Brenda is a second cousin to Kat, then Kat and Brenda’s common ancestors should be William Frazer and Amanda Skoog. There are other possibilities, but that seems the most likely.<\/p>\n

A Look at Stephen<\/h3>\n

Actually Stephen’s match is interesting also:<\/p>\n

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Stephen is on the lower left. If I’m right, Brenda is in the Frazer section in the middle. Steve and Brenda would be 5th cousins on the McMaster side. I am a closer match to Stephen on our Clarke side.<\/p>\n

Painting Brenda<\/h2>\n

Using DNA Painter, an online utility, I can put Brenda’s matches next to my other matches. Here are some of Brenda’s details:<\/p>\n

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Here are a few possible surprises. I painted Brenda to George Frazer and Margaret McMaster based on Brenda’s match to Kat and me. However, DNA Painter has hints that Brenda is related further out at the level of James Frazer, Violet Frazer and Richard Frazer.<\/p>\n

When I choose “show overlapping segments”, I get this:<\/p>\n

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When I look at my larger DNA map, I see this:<\/p>\n

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My cousin Paul and Brenda have a small overlap, but not enough to be picked up by DNA Painter as being significant.<\/p>\n

Pro’s and Con’s of Putting Brenda on My DNA Tree Where I Did<\/h2>\n

I put Brenda as having the common ancestors with me of George Frazer and Margaret McMaster.<\/p>\n

Pro’s:<\/p>\n