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Well that was interesting

A couple of years ( maybe more now) back, I did my DNA test, because I was doing my genealogy and trying to figure out who my father was. I expected the results to tell me my ethnic breakdown and all that, but what I didn't expect to find out is

"This analysis indicates that your parents are probably related."

When I first found that out, I kinda freaked out a little. I mean, I had all kinds of questions, like how closely related and such. At the time, they had no way to determine that, but today I ran the results again, and this is the info they have now.🙂

Relationship Type Probability Group
Full-Sibling -- 0.00% 0.00%
Father or Son--- 0.00% 0.00%
Grandfather/Grandson/Half-Brother (Paternal) --- 0.20% 0.20%
Grandfather/Grandson/Half-Brother (Maternal) --- 0.10% 0.10%
Uncle or Nephew --- 0.00% 0.00%
1st Cousin --- 9.00% 9.00%
Half- or Great- Uncle/Nephew --- 9.80% 9.80%
Half-1C, Half-G-Aunt/Uncle/Niece/Nephew -- 23.30% 23.30%
1C1R -- 24.90% 24.90%
2C, 1C2R, Half-1C1R -- 25.30% 25.30%
2C1R, Half-2C, Half-1C2R, 1C3R -- 5.90% 5.90%
3C, 2C2R, Half-2C1R, Half-1C3R -- 1.20% 1.20%
3C1R, Half-3C, Half-2C2R, 2C3R -- 0.30% 0.30%
4C, 3C2R, Half-3C1R, Half-2C3R -- 0.10% 0.10%

I know who my father is, figured that out through DNA matches a couple of years ago. Now, I just have to figure out how my mother and father are related in my tree. Both family lines were in Pennsylvania, Germany, and England during the same time periods, so this could be fun, not.

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Sounds like they were as related as second cousins usually are. Second cousins share 2 out of 8 great grandparents.

So the simplest answer is they were 2C in the notation above. But they could have shared 4 out of 16 great great grandparents or something like that. When you get back to the 1800s and earlier, people weren't so mobile; they would often marry within their small village. So over a few hundred years, everyone in the village would be somewhat related.

Your parents could both have emerged from an interrelated village like that.
WildMountainRose · 56-60, F
@ElwoodBlues I think you could be right. It is going to be challenging for me to find where they connect in my tree, though. Oh well, it gives me something to do. Thank you for your thoughtful comment and your help decoding the relationship for me. I appreciate it. 🙂
I always wanted to know my full family tree. My mother was well versed in the genealogy process, in fact she did work for other people just by the lineage of the grandmother. Fascinating world we live in
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
This is wild.
I am not sure I am reading this correctly but is your dad the Half -1C?
Pretty cool that you are fine with posting this.

You may be my spirit animal. :-)
WildMountainRose · 56-60, F
@Dainbramadge I'm not exactly sure, but as ElwoodBlues commented, it seems more likely they were 2 cousins. Well, I can't change who my parents are, and I wasn't responsible for what they did, so I think it is ok to post about it. However, as you can tell from my other posts, I tend to just lay it all out there. Once in a while, I get embarrassed and have to delete things, but most of the time it has been ok. 🙂
Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@WildMountainRose Right. I wasn't trying to say it was bad.
It's just so cool to meet another person who does put it all out there.
It's very refreshing. :-)
WildMountainRose · 56-60, F
@Dainbramadge I know you weren't saying it was bad.🤗

 
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