{"id":24647,"date":"2024-07-29T15:31:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=24647"},"modified":"2024-07-29T15:31:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:31:04","slug":"enhanced-shared-matches-at-ancestrydna-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2024\/07\/29\/enhanced-shared-matches-at-ancestrydna-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhanced Shared Matches at AncestryDNA Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

In part 2 of my Blog series on enhanced shared matches<\/a>, I looked at four matches. For three out of four, I figured out how they fit in and added them to my DNA\/Genealogy Trees. I’ll continue the exercise in this Blog. This was one of four methods suggested by Jim Bartlett in a recent Blog that he wrote on the subject.<\/p>\n

Doris on My Maternal Side<\/h2>\n

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Ancestry thinks that we could be 2nd or third cousins. That should be easy to figure out. However, Doris has no trees. It looks like I have never tried to contact Doris. Doris and I share a match with Barry:<\/p>\n

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Pro Tools tells me that Barry could be Doris’ first cousin once removed. Here is how I am related to Barry:<\/p>\n

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This is interesting becuase Barry descends from a NIcholson ancestor named Maria who stayed in the UK when most of the family moved to Philadelphia. That means that Doris is likely from the UK. I believe that Barry and I should be full, not half third cousins.<\/p>\n

I see that Sue is Doris’ daughter:<\/p>\n

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Sue shows that she has a tree but there is nothing in it. I have written to Doris to see if she would like to share information.<\/p>\n

Mystery Match Kathy<\/h2>\n

I know that Kathy matches on my mother’s side – perhaps on the Nicholson or Lentz side or both:<\/p>\n

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Kathy’s closest shared match is with my late mother:<\/p>\n

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This makes sense as my mother is obviously an earlier generation than me. That would mean that Kathy likely descends from Lentz and Nicholson and is from a generation later than me. This also means that no close relatives to Kathy have tested at Ancestry.<\/p>\n

Mystery Match #3: emach<\/h2>\n

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Even the name of this paternal side match is mysterious. Joyce is emch’s grandmother:<\/p>\n

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I’m glad I got a DNA sample from Joyce at a family reunion.<\/p>\n

I also see that emach’s mother is Jill:<\/p>\n

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Here I’ve added emach into my Hartley DNA\/Genealogy Tree:<\/p>\n

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emach is my second cousin once removed. The tree is a little out of date as I’m not at my primary computer writing this. David should be in the same box with emach.<\/p>\n

Mystery Match #4: Matthew<\/h2>\n

I think that four matches are enough for a Blog. Matthew is on my mother’s side:<\/p>\n

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I am now down to below 100 cM for a match.<\/p>\n

Matthew’s best match is with Marian:<\/p>\n

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However, she has a line through her tree next to her name. That means she has no tree.<\/p>\n

One More: Howard<\/h2>\n

Howard and I have a fairly large match:<\/p>\n

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Even though the match is quite large, I think that the relationship is quite distant. Based on Howard’s last name, I would suspect connection to the Pilling side, but I don’t see obvious Pilling matches that we share.<\/p>\n

Howard and I share a match with John:<\/p>\n

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John shows this:<\/p>\n

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However, I have questioned some of these Hartley trees. I have two Robinson Trees that I have looked at, but I have not looked at this one. This gives me an idea for a subsequent Blog. I can look at all my Hartley Common Ancestor Trees at Ancestry to see if they have anything in common or shared matches.<\/p>\n

Summary and Conclusions<\/h2>\n