{"id":18563,"date":"2021-10-06T01:43:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T01:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=18563"},"modified":"2021-10-06T01:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T01:43:55","slug":"painting-my-sister-heidis-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2021\/10\/06\/painting-my-sister-heidis-dna\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting My Sister Heidi’s DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous Blog, I wrote about painting my sister Sharon’s DNA<\/a>. The next logical step would be to paint another sister’s DNA.<\/p>\n

Heidi’s X Chromosome<\/h2>\n

I liked painting the X Chromosome as women have two and men (like me) only have one. My only option is going to Gedmatch to find Heidi’s X Chromosome matches. Another option would be 23andMe, but Heidi has not tested there.<\/p>\n

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Heidi has some good matches with our Latvian cousins on her maternal side:<\/p>\n

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We can narrow down the match to my great-grandmother Maria Gangnus due to the way the X Chromosome is inherited.<\/p>\n

For the same reason, we can narrow down the match between Emily and Heidi:<\/p>\n

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The DNA had to come from Margaret McMaster as George did not pass down and X Chromosome to his son James A Frazer.<\/p>\n

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That match gets Heidi up to 1% painted.<\/p>\n

The Easy Part – Hartley Relatives<\/h2>\n

These matches will go back to my great-grandparents who were a Hartley and a Snell. The top four Hartley matches were three 1st cousins once removed and one 2nd cousin. That got Heidi up to 17% painted:<\/p>\n

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That is about half as far as I hopep to get. I would like Heidi to get up to 33% or one third painted by the end of this Blog.<\/p>\n

Heidi at 26%<\/h2>\n

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Here I have oganized the key and added dividing lines.<\/p>\n

Many Relationships are Complicated – Like Otis’<\/h2>\n

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When there are two possible relationships, I choose the closer of the two. Heidi has some good DNA matches to Otis. I gave the match color a bright red as it represents a couple from the 1700’s:<\/p>\n

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At this point, Heidi is 31% mapped.<\/p>\n

An Old Rathfelder Common Ancestor with Astrid<\/h2>\n

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Astrid gets Heidi pretty painlessly up to 32% painted:<\/p>\n

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I may be able to get beyond my 33% painted goal for Heidi. Astrid also represents the oldest DNA on this map so far.<\/p>\n

Here is Heidi at 33% painted:<\/p>\n

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There are four ancestral groups in the key for three of Heidi’s grandparents but only one group for the Hartley side.<\/p>\n

Adding an Old Hartley Line of Howorth<\/h2>\n

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Louise and Anne have their results at Gedmatch:<\/p>\n

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Theories of MyHeritage<\/h2>\n

MyHeritage has Theories of Relativity which are likely common ancestors that have DNA matches:<\/p>\n

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Heidi and Susan have a large DNA match:<\/p>\n

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Susan adds a lot of Frazer\/Mcmaster DNA to Heidi’s map and brings Heidi up to 35% painted overall.<\/p>\n

Back to Hirschenhof with Silvia and Leva<\/h2>\n

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Silvia is rellated to my sister Heidi on two different levels. I’ll choose the closer level.<\/p>\n

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I don’t recall painting Leva before. Perhaps this is a new Theory?<\/p>\n

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I painted Leva under the same ancestors as Silvia, but another Theory has her connection on the Lutke side.<\/p>\n

FTDNA?<\/h2>\n

Does Heidi have any matchs at FTDNA that could add to her map? Ingrid is Astrid’s siters and matches on the Rathfelder line:<\/p>\n

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Painting this match in gets Heidi up to 36% painted overall. FTDNA also has X Chromosome information.<\/p>\n

At this point, Heidi’s map is in pretty good shape:<\/p>\n

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Comparing Across Maps<\/h2>\n

The simplest comparison would be between siblings:<\/p>\n

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Putting the common ancestors in one spreadsheet gives a fuller picture. Now I only have three more siblings to go.\u00a0 By cross-checking, i can see if I missed any DNA matches.<\/p>\n

Summary and Conclusions<\/h2>\n