Hi @ThatsMe123
Thank you!
No, my mother hasn’t tested and I haven’t told her about all this.
I’m assuming my closest match is on my mother’s side... This was my thinking:
He’s my closest match (8%, 547cm).
My second closest is listed as 1st-2nd cousin at 5%, 379 cm, and has my dad’s surname which is a reasonably unusual one.
My third closest match is listed as 2nd-3rd cousin at 4%, 312cm and has my dad’s mother’s maiden name.
(Someone related to the 2nd match above has shared his extensive tree with me and it includes my dad’s side of the family).
The 1st closest match does not share matches with any of the second and third matches, but does share dna with some of my other matches (wider and extended family) that also don’t have shared dna with the 2nd and 3rd matches. I wondered who they all were.
I have been opening each person’s profile (on the shared matches of my closest match) and clicking for the list of names included in their trees. Some of these matches do have the surname of the man my mother believes was her biological father in their trees, but these names are from quite far back (latest appearance being something like 1906, I seem to remember). Who knows, too...
I have also searched their trees for any listings of my mother’s sister (nothing came up) and my mother’s sister’s mother’s maiden name (nothing either). This was late last night (whilst having a couple of glasses, so my reasoning may have been somewhat flawed) and I will probably continue in this vein tonight.
Am I doing this right; this process of elimination of sorts...?
Great that you’re interested! 😊