I recently signed up to have my DNA tested during 23andme’s recent $99 sale. I’m interested in the health data, but finding cousins, validating my research and unlocking brickwalls makes sense to me.
This is for the potential cousins out there.
My great-great-grandparents
(meaning if our common ancestor is listed here, we are 3th cousins)
- Willem Harms Bakker born Nieuw Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands
- Hillechien Jans Janssen born Nieuw Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands
- Jan Wubbe Jansen born Netherlands
- Geertruida Jans Franssen born Netherlands
- John O. Torrence born Iowa, USA
- Mary Emogene Briggs born Illinois, USA
- George Firth born Yorkshire, England
- Susannah Elliott born Yorkshire, England
- ? Kowalenko born Ukraine
- ? Trischuk born Ukraine
- ? Shykaruk born Ukraine
- ? possibly born Ukraine
My great-great-great grandparents
(meaning if our common ancestor is listed here, we are 4th cousins)
- Harm Jurjens Bakker born Netherlands
- Hilke Fokkens born Netherlands
- Jan Jans Jansen born Netherlands
- Hilke Zwierts Zwart born Netherlands
- William B. Torrence born Pennsylvania, USA (probably Scotch-Irish ancestry)
- Elvira G Fagg born Virginia or North Carolina, USA (probably English ancestry)
- Orrin Briggs born Maine or Massachusetts, USA (probably English ancestry)
- Susan Bowder born Pennsylvania, USA (probably German ancestry)
- Thomas Firth born Yorkshire, England
- Mary Elliott born Yorkshire, England
- John Elliott born Yorkshire, England
- Susannah Dawson born Yorkshire, England
- (I haven’t listed the Ukrainian ancestors as I don’t know their names)
Lisa,
Don’t first cousins have a common grandparent? Therefore, third ocusins would have common great-great-grandparents, and 4th cousins would have common 3GGrandparents. I think your cousin number is one number off.
Thanks for catching that, Randy! I’ll now add in my next generation….since the majority of matches in 23andme seem to be potential 5th cousins.