Reflecting
back over the week, Gedmatch is on the move.
After checking my Gedmatch account to see if any updates occurred, I
noticed a familiar name. A long time
genealogy researcher Vicky, of Mariah’s Zepher, was the third person listed on my One To Many report results. Welcome Cousin Vicky :)
Vicky and I sent
several notes back and forth, and laughed a little. She told me to look at an individual we
both had in common who I will refer to by the name of “Meek.” Low and behold
while looking at the comparisons of Meek and myself, I said to Vicky, “ did you
see any other familiar names?” Vicky
said who, "I responded Luckie." She said, “Luckie, of Our Georgia Roots.” I said, "Luckie, is listed there too." The common thread on Gedmatch
so far between Vicky, Luckie and myself is Meek. There is a lot of work to be done to truly narrow
down the connections that Meek has with the three of us. Welcome aboard cousins!! To be continued…
Another
connection made this week via Gedmatch comes from an individual by the name of
Andy, who was also on my 23andme listing of possible matches. Andy is the first person listed in my results
from the reports ran in Gedmatch. I’m
pretty good with names, so when I recognized his, I immediately emailed him
regarding the Gedmatch results. Andy and
I have corresponded back and forth yesterday and today. He is an adoptee,
but fortunate enough to have his maternal family tree, and has confirmed
connections to some relatives at 23andme. He has completed DNA testing with
AncestryDNA, FTDNA and 23andme. I’m
hoping we can find the link that connects the two of us as well. Welcome aboard Andy. The journey continues
8 comments:
Wow, this is good news. I can't wait to find out how you all are connected. It must be really exciting to find your cousins.
It's important to share with the Adoptees! If I can't do nothing else I can share my Genomes! It's already hard enough for us that know our TREE! Love the Connections we are all making on Gedmatch and through DNA!
You do know I have to say," Way To Go" for sharing dna with me LOL . nice blog post too....
My goodness, you do have me excited about the Cousin Journey ahead JMac! I've not spent much time with my 23andMe or GEDmatch results but I have a feeling that's about to change! Makes me wonder as the science of DNA evolves, what will all our connections look like in the years to come! Keep me posted -- I'm in... Cousin!:)
Great finds!
Thanks everyone for your feedback. For some reason I cannot send individual responses to your comments. I'm not sure what's going on...maybe it's time for a change.
If DNA testing wasn't introduced to the genealogy community, we wouldn't be having such awesome discoveries. Vicky, Luckie and I have been long time gena buddies.!:) Our research has come a long way! Finding the links to the new cousin connections will be challenging as is with all research, however, it can be done.
The journey continues down a new path, and it's going to be exciting one!! We will persever. Thanks again.
Great post. Makes me excited to start combing through my gedmatch lists again.
M. Dawn, thanks for stopping by, and providing feedback. It's exciting when you do find a match. I spent a lot of time poking around in Gedmatch the last couple of day. They are updating reports and adding info frequently. There are cousins waiting to be found:)
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