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    Hi bathsomerset, From the little information I...

    Hi bathsomerset,

    From the little information I uncovered, Edward William Watts the lodger in Shepton Mallett appears to be a first cousin to Benjamin Hick Watts and his clergyman brother Rev...
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    Hi bathsomerset, Having had my interest piqued...

    Hi bathsomerset,

    Having had my interest piqued by your thread I have now found that when Edward and Mary Watts, the parents of Edward W the lodger were married at Bath in 1829, one of their...
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    Thanks Helachau, I did look into Edward's...

    Thanks Helachau,

    I did look into Edward's background some years ago, and found the information about Edward and Mary of Cornwell Buildings, but having failed to establish any obvious connection to...
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    Hi, and welcome to the Forum. Does your...

    Hi, and welcome to the Forum.

    Does your ephemera include any reference to an Edward W. Watts who was born about 1836 in Bath and was a
    "retired wine merchant" aged 55 at the time of the 1891...
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    Hi Stuart, I presume you have built out the...

    Hi Stuart,

    I presume you have built out the family trees of the two closest matches to see at what point, if any, they have a mutual ancestor. You should also try to do this with any matches you...
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    Hi Suurpe, In general terms, a lack of match...

    Hi Suurpe,

    In general terms, a lack of match to a paper third cousin from your great grandfather's line is not necessarily a sign that something is awry. Such is the random nature of DNA...
  7. Thread: 1,614cM Match

    by Deeny
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    Hi Mitch, It is common for Ancestry to list a...

    Hi Mitch,

    It is common for Ancestry to list a match of that value as a first cousin, but if you look at a cM chart you will see that there are a number of other relationships that it could...
  8. Thread: FATHER

    by Deeny
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    The one thing that can prove your parentage,...

    The one thing that can prove your parentage, without the need for any documentation, is autosomal DNA testing.

    The magic of Autosomal DNA matching is that it doesn't require the person you...
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    I was disappointed to find that Ancestry are...

    I was disappointed to find that Ancestry are doing this. Much as some people insist that 6 cM matches are pointless and irrelevant, I have managed to find a small number of distant cousins at this...
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    In my experience, Siblingship testing conducted...

    In my experience, Siblingship testing conducted with the use of codis marker technology, is unreliable (even between three people where two are known to be siblings)and can lead to false positive and...
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    Philip, I hadn't previously known anything...

    Philip,

    I hadn't previously known anything about Barnett Solomon's mother Jane, but it seems possible that if his maternal grandmother was the widow Sarah Hart nee Hyams, daughter of Moshe Black...
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    Philip, None of my husband's family are known...

    Philip,

    None of my husband's family are known to hold any records relating to Aaron and Sarah Solomon, nor were they aware of any connection to Barnett Salmon and the Lyons Tea Shops until I found...
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    Philip, The above census return, which I...

    Philip,

    The above census return, which I believe to be for the Aaron Solomon / Sloman related to my husband, suggests that Aaron Solomon was born about 1791/2, which doesn't fit with a date of...
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    Philip, Sarah Cohen and Aaron Solomon / Sloman...

    Philip,

    Sarah Cohen and Aaron Solomon / Sloman had five children, Rebecca, Sophia, Harriet, Asher and Moses, born between 1835 and 1845, of which Harriet and Asher died very young. They had no son...
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    Philip, By 1834 Aaron was remarried to Sarah...

    Philip,

    By 1834 Aaron was remarried to Sarah Cohen(so not completely lunatic and incurable) and went on to have 5 more children. In later census returns he was named as Aaron Sloman. His daughter...
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    Thanks Phillip, It doesn't sound as if there...

    Thanks Phillip,

    It doesn't sound as if there is much of interest to people following the Solomon family further back, so I won't rush out to buy a copy.

    Aaron Solomon died 6th December 1877,...
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    You say there are historical records for the...

    You say there are historical records for the Salmon family, but Barnett Salmon was born Barnett Solomon, to Aaron Solomon and his first wife Jane (Gita) Simmons. Is there any background information...
  18. Thread: DNA match

    by Deeny
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    Hi Cathie, A Non-Paternity Event (NPE) is...

    Hi Cathie,

    A Non-Paternity Event (NPE) is where someone is not biologically related to the person who appears in records (birth certificates / census etc) as their father. This includes people...
  19. Thread: DNA match

    by Deeny
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    Hi Cathieee, If the cousin matches you are...

    Hi Cathieee,

    If the cousin matches you are looking at are distant ones, (4th to 5th cousins) with whom you share only minimal amounts of DNA, especially where the longest length shared is small...
  20. Thread: DNA Mystery

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    It seems, from your chart, that you are related...

    It seems, from your chart, that you are related to Match 1 as well as to Match 3, her grandmother, but you have inherited the same 18.7 cM segment of DNA as the grandmother through an entirely...
  21. Thread: DNA Mystery

    by Deeny
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    My thoughts are that I would want to see and...

    My thoughts are that I would want to see and compare all these matches on a chromosome browser, which would show if the 18.7 cm you share with the grandmother of match 1 (which I presume is one...
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    Sorry for the typo with the dashes in the DNA...

    Sorry for the typo with the dashes in the DNA Shared cM chart. Try https://isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_DNA_statistics

    It looks as if both of your matches could fit into several relationship...
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    Hi Julpre, Close cousin matches to people you...

    Hi Julpre,

    Close cousin matches to people you are not aware of does, as Suekilp said, very often point to a NPE in the not too distant past. Autosomal DNA has a knack of revealing past family...
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    Kevin and Phillip, Are either of you familiar...

    Kevin and Phillip,

    Are either of you familiar with the writings of Libny Rodrigo Ventura Lara? He has published several books about the Cohen De Lara family of Honduras, including "Los...
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    I can't offer "expert guidance", but I do have...

    I can't offer "expert guidance", but I do have some experience and a positive attitude towards DNA testing.

    If money is no object start with a Y67 test. You can upgrade that later if it shows some...
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