My closest autosomal match in FTDNA is a 2nd to 4th cousin who appeared on my list in 2013. I have sent several emails but the individual has not responded. There are only two people with the match's name in Google: one in England and one in Australia. I suspect this may link to my gg-grandmother who came from somewhere in England and her family is unknown.
A couple of days ago I sent another email asking if there was a reason for their not responding. And, today, I received that reason: "Because you are not a match. My matches are 5% Palestinian/Bedouin as attested originally by FTDNA and another site I have used recently to prove to FTDNA that their updated results were wrong. If you think you are a match to that I'm happy to respond more fully and tell you all about my Palestinian grandfather."
I would be happy to hear about the Palestinian grandfather if they would tell me about the other 95% of their ancestry.
A couple of days ago I sent another email asking if there was a reason for their not responding. And, today, I received that reason: "Because you are not a match. My matches are 5% Palestinian/Bedouin as attested originally by FTDNA and another site I have used recently to prove to FTDNA that their updated results were wrong. If you think you are a match to that I'm happy to respond more fully and tell you all about my Palestinian grandfather."
I would be happy to hear about the Palestinian grandfather if they would tell me about the other 95% of their ancestry.

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