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<\/a><\/p>\nThe trick is to get matches that are no closer than 2nd cousins. That is because with 1st cousins, you will match on more than one grandparent. In this Blog, I will be looking at Lorraine’s blue Butler matches. These are the most rare matches – especially compared to all the LeFevre matches.<\/p>\n
The First Butler Match: Barbara<\/h2>\n
I wrote to Barbara this past March, but didn’t hear back. Barbara doesn’t have a tree connected to her DNA, but does have a simple tree at Ancestry:<\/p>\n
This tree is good enough to get back to Butler.<\/p>\n Barbara is at the perfect level for a DNA match. She is at the second cousin level. At this level the DNA match is very high and we can isolate the match to one grandparent – in this case Butler. Barbara shows as a potential 2nd cousin by DNA at Ancestry. In fact, she is a 2nd cousin to Lorraine.<\/p>\n I wrote to Brian, who also has a good DNA match. His sister Mary Lou has an active account with Ancestry, so was kind enough to respond and show me where her family tree was:<\/p>\n This is Brian and Mary Lou’s paternal side of the tree. Lorraine and Brian show as potential\u00a0 third cousins by DNA, so I would think that the connection would be one level higher. However, AncestryDNA does say that the range could be 3rd to 4th cousin. Here is Brian and Mary Lou’s tree with the Butler Line isolated.<\/p>\n Lorraine’s sister Virginia has also tested at AncestryDNA. She shows as a 4th cousin to Brian.<\/p>\n In my Blog from over a year ago<\/a> I showed this figure:<\/p>\n I was originally hoping that George Butler born 1825 and Edward Butler born 1835 were brothers. However, as George’s parents are believed to be Henry Butler and Ann Russel, they could have been first cousins. This scenario would have Henry and Michael Butler brothers at the top.<\/p>\n This is the best unified tree that I can come up with:<\/p>\n An interesting point from the DNA standpoint is that Pat and Brian only match by DNA on the Butler side.<\/p>\n Ideally, all of these people would have uploaded their DNA results to Gedmatch.com for comparison. Here are the ones that have their results at Gedmatch:<\/p>\n They are highlighted in green. Nathan is the only one from the George Branch. On the Edward Branch, there are five people at Gedmatch: John, Lorraine, Richard, Virginia and Gaby.<\/p>\n Here is how those six compare to each other at Gedmatch:<\/p>\n Nathan matches Lorraine, Richard and John but not Virginia nor Gaby.<\/p>\n Based on my made up ‘unified’ chart above Nathan would be a fourth cousin twice removed to Lorraine, Richard and Virginia and a fifth cousin once removed to John and Gaby.<\/p>\n Here I have put some statistics in to look at:<\/p>\n This shows average DNA matches and ranges of matches. These numbers seem about right compared to Nathan’s matches. The chances of even matching a 4th cousin are better than 50% and the chances of matching 5th cousin is better than 10% according to FTDNA.<\/p>\n DNA Matching at AncestryDNA is different. They use shared matches and don’t give information on how you match on a specific chromosome. The catch is that AncestryDNA only gives shared matches when it thinks the shared match would be a possible 4th cousin match.<\/p>\n Here I show Barbara, Donna and Patty as shared matches to Virginia and Brian along the Butler Line. In the Tree column, that is the relationship they would have in the tree I made that tries to bring the two families together. The ‘Cous’ column is what Ancestry predicts the relationship to be by DNA. The DNA and actualy relationships are pretty close except for Donna. Here is Donna added to the tree:<\/p>\n I should note that not all on the tree have tested at AncestryDNA. However, many have. Nathan and Richard have not to my knowledge.<\/p>\n Here things get a bit more interesting. Lorraine and Brian have the same shared matches as Virginia and Brian, but have two additional shared matches:<\/p>\n They are Kim and Cam. I don’t know who Cam is, but I have been in touch with Kim. I had mentioned Gedmatch to Kim and it looks like she uploaded her results there. Kim is on the George Line, so I’ll add her.<\/p>\n Now I should be able to match Kim with Nathan and the Edward Butler side at Gedmatch.<\/p>\n From the chart above it is clear that Kim and Nathan match only on the Butler side. This is because Nathan is from the Whitty side and Kim is from the Sinnott side. We may say that they are half third cousins once removed. That sounds a bit obscure. Here is their match:<\/p>\n This is the shared DNA that Kim and Nathan both have from George Butler who was born in 1826 in Ireland.<\/p>\n Further, Kim matches Richard and Lorraine at about the same place on Chromosome 2:<\/p>\n A triangulation occurs here because Nathan and Kim match here. Also Kim matches Richard and Lorraine here. When this happens, it is most likely that those in the Triangulation Group share a common ancestor.<\/p>\n Here is how I show the Triangulation Group (TG) on the family tree:<\/p>\n This doesn’t prove the configuration that I have above, but it does prove that these families have a common ancestor. Above, if I have drawn the tree correctly, Kim would be a 4th cousin once removed to Lorraine and Richard. It possible to tie families together just using AncestryDNA Shared Matches, but I find using Triangulation at Gedmatch.com to be more precise.<\/p>\n Patty is the highest up on the George Butler Line. She should be the best comparison with Lorraine and Virginia who have tested at AncestryDNA.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nThe Second Butler Match: Brian<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nStitching the Two Butler Families Together<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nDo the DNA Results Support the Unified Butler Tree?<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nDNA Matching at AncestryDNA<\/h3>\n
Virginia and Brian’s Shared Matches<\/h4>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nLorraine and Brian’s Shared Matches<\/h4>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nKim at Gedmatch and Butler DNA<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nButler Triangulation on Chromosome 2<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nShared Matches Between Patty, Lorraine and Virginia<\/h2>\n