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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Barbara, Notice that on Dec 18 1968 she would have been 64 years old. That indicates then that is the date that she began to claim monthly social security benefits. There is no way to tell whether she

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Barbara, Notice that on Dec 18 1968 she would have been 64 years old. That indicates then that is the date that she began to claim monthly social security benefits. There is no way to tell whether she

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Ancestry does not accept any transfers >from any other company. You may be able to transfer to Gedmatch.com, DNALand.com (a research site) and MyHeritage.com Sarah L Meyer --- From: Claire WEILL <clai

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Ancestry does not accept any transfers >from any other company. You may be able to transfer to Gedmatch.com, DNALand.com (a research site) and MyHeritage.com Sarah L Meyer --- From: Claire WEILL <clai

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I have sent kits >from FTDNA to cousins in Israel directly >from FTDNA without any problems. I did pay for them in the US with a US credit card. There was no indication of any such law, but then I do

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I have sent kits >from FTDNA to cousins in Israel directly >from FTDNA without any problems. I did pay for them in the US with a US credit card. There was no indication of any such law, but then I do

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Dear Cousins, I would be interested in whatever people have learned. My only thought here is that Lithuania is land-locked and Courland/Latvia had a port, so maybe people migrated so that they could h

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Dear Cousins, I would be interested in whatever people have learned. My only thought here is that Lithuania is land-locked and Courland/Latvia had a port, so maybe people migrated so that they could h

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I strongly recommend FTDNA for the following reasons: 1) It keeps the sample so there is no need to re-sample if later you decide to do a Y test (Men only) or an mtDNA test. 2) It uses a cheek swab, w

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I strongly recommend FTDNA for the following reasons: 1) It keeps the sample so there is no need to re-sample if later you decide to do a Y test (Men only) or an mtDNA test. 2) It uses a cheek swab, w

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Kathy, I would start with your mother at FTDNA and do the autosomal test called Family Finder ($79). Do her first because of her age. Then when you have the funds, do yourself. As a general rule, do t

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Kathy, I would start with your mother at FTDNA and do the autosomal test called Family Finder ($79). Do her first because of her age. Then when you have the funds, do yourself. As a general rule, do t

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Hi Seth, That entirely skips a generation. The tier1 utilities at GEDMATCH allow you to estimate parents DNA >from their children's DNA. The resulting kit is called a Lazarus kit and can be used to ge

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Hi Seth, That entirely skips a generation. The tier1 utilities at GEDMATCH allow you to estimate parents DNA >from their children's DNA. The resulting kit is called a Lazarus kit and can be used to ge

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Jules, It would not be unusual to not share DNA with a 3rd cousin once removed. is 0 to 322cM and the average is 76cM which is .391% of DNA. The link is http://isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_DNA_statistics

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Jules, It would not be unusual to not share DNA with a 3rd cousin once removed. is 0 to 322cM and the average is 76cM which is .391% of DNA. The link is http://isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_DNA_statistics

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Francine, In general I would recommend an autosomal test >from FTDNA, Ancestry or 23&me. Without the health issues, I would recommend FTDNA - and then upload to GEDMATCH. Only 23&Me provides health in

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Francine, In general I would recommend an autosomal test >from FTDNA, Ancestry or 23&me. Without the health issues, I would recommend FTDNA - and then upload to GEDMATCH. Only 23&Me provides health in

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