Using the GWorks tool for Unknown Parentage Searches via DNA testing
KITTY COOPER
blog.kittycooper.com
Build private, unsearchable family trees down from each common couple to find where they intersect and/or someone in the right place at the right time.
Sometimes you get lucky right away
What relationship is 1,614 cM?
What relationship is 1,614 cM?
Use this calculator: https://dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcmv4
What relationship is 1,614 cM?
Half Sibling or Uncle/Aunt/Niece/Nephew (Nibling)?
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Ages of the two people, what's possible?
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How Many Segments > 100 cM?
(paternal half siblings will have 1-3+, niblings usually 0-1)
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Number of Segments from DNAadoption chart
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Can the X chromosome help?
(Sisters with same dad = full X)
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Can the haplogroup help?
Same mother shares mtDNA as does any maternal sibling
Same Y DNA haplogroup for a brother or paternal uncle
If you have a second cousin match with a tree, use GWorks to figure out which set of great grandparents are the ones!
people used to try the mirror tree approach and it sometimes is helpful
people used to try the mirror tree approach and it sometimes is helpful
or a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyR_aBl89mId
If you can get a Gedcom of your cousins tree that is easiest.
Uncheck the box that lets the public see your tree
http://blog.kittycooper.com/2016/10/text-to-gedcom-using-ahnen2ged/
Look through the family trees of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th cousin DNA matches for a common ancestral couple or two.
Blaine Bettinger Relationship Chart
If you have a second cousin match with a tree, try the mirror tree approach
http://www.borninneworleans.com/how-to/mirror-tree-questions-answered/
or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyR_aBl89mId/
If you can get a Gedcom of your cousins tree that is easiest.
Uncheck the box that lets the public see your tree
If you did not yet do this, use GWorks to gather Your Ancestry Data
Enter your ancestry username and password
Select Quick and 4th Cousin
Once you are logged in the profile name(s) show up
Gather Ancestry Data
Click Gather Matches, when it finishes click Gather Trees, when done click Gather ICW
http://blog.kittycooper.com/2016/10/text-to-gedcom-using-ahnen2ged/
Clean up the Match type column
Change every Exact no Death to Exact
Then delete duplicate lines
Remove duplicate trees
Trees with the same name on them = different members same family
Tree Building
