Shalom Amit, I just returned >from Salt Lake and spent 4 days looking at Polish records in the Family history library. There is an Icon that toggles between a full size image and thumbnails. If you ha

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Shalom Amit, I just returned >from Salt Lake and spent 4 days looking at Polish records in the Family history library. There is an Icon that toggles between a full size image and thumbnails. If you ha

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Hi David, those are the number of markers that they test on the Y chromosome. They test either 12,25,37, 67 or 111 locations (markers) and count the number of repeats. The more markers that you test (

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Hi David, those are the number of markers that they test on the Y chromosome. They test either 12,25,37, 67 or 111 locations (markers) and count the number of repeats. The more markers that you test (

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Claudia, If you have not already done so, I would post your question to the Rabbinic SIG since KATZENELLENBOGEN is a very well-known Rabbinic family. I would also find (possibly through inter-library

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Claudia, If you have not already done so, I would post your question to the Rabbinic SIG since KATZENELLENBOGEN is a very well-known Rabbinic family. I would also find (possibly through inter-library

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Ellen, I am in the same boat. I have one match with 4 segments (My Heritage) but the longest is 66.6 cMs and my match has only three surnames in his tree. And common matches >from both sides of my fam

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Ellen, I am in the same boat. I have one match with 4 segments (My Heritage) but the longest is 66.6 cMs and my match has only three surnames in his tree. And common matches >from both sides of my fam

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Friends, This is my understanding of the situation: 1. Israeli law (due to concern about mamzerim) has a law that prohibits DNA testing for the purpose of "finding family". As far as I know paternity

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Friends, This is my understanding of the situation: 1. Israeli law (due to concern about mamzerim) has a law that prohibits DNA testing for the purpose of "finding family". As far as I know paternity

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It is also possible, especially with a small block that you got 1/2 of the matching block >from your mother and the other 1/2 >from your father making it a false match, your match's match with your pa

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It is also possible, especially with a small block that you got 1/2 of the matching block >from your mother and the other 1/2 >from your father making it a false match, your match's match with your pa

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Henry, Unfortunately those records don't generally exist or if they do, they are not readily available. If the person left the US and went to the UK first and then back to Poland, the Ukraine etc, the

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Henry, Unfortunately those records don't generally exist or if they do, they are not readily available. If the person left the US and went to the UK first and then back to Poland, the Ukraine etc, the

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David, This is not unique to Ancestry, it is because unless the two siblings are identical twins they have different DNA. They each inherited 50% >from each parent, but it is a different 50% mix. That

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David, This is not unique to Ancestry, it is because unless the two siblings are identical twins they have different DNA. They each inherited 50% >from each parent, but it is a different 50% mix. That

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1. Paternal and Maternal designations within Family Finder (FTDNA) First you need to have your family tree on FTDNA. Then you have look at your known DNA matches and drag the DNA match to the appropri

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1. Paternal and Maternal designations within Family Finder (FTDNA) First you need to have your family tree on FTDNA. Then you have look at your known DNA matches and drag the DNA match to the appropri

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Sandy, if your male cousin is related to you on *his* mother's side, you might match. If however he is related to you on his father's side, it would be very unlikely that you would have an X match. Ev

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Sandy, if your male cousin is related to you on *his* mother's side, you might match. If however he is related to you on his father's side, it would be very unlikely that you would have an X match. Ev

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