Hi!
I had both a maternal and paternal 1st cousin tested.
One came back with an estimated relationship of 1st Cousin, Aunt/ Uncle, Niece/ Nephew, with 793 shared cM.
The other cousin came back with an estimated relationship of 1st Cousin - 3rd Cousin with 371 shared cM.
There's a wide variance between how close a match one cousin is versus the other. I realized there is a lot of randomness to what dna is inherited from each parent, and understand how a cousin can inherit much different dna.
Would you say the above is normal? Or would there be any suspicion that the one cousin isn't a first cousin?
Thanks!
I had both a maternal and paternal 1st cousin tested.
One came back with an estimated relationship of 1st Cousin, Aunt/ Uncle, Niece/ Nephew, with 793 shared cM.
The other cousin came back with an estimated relationship of 1st Cousin - 3rd Cousin with 371 shared cM.
There's a wide variance between how close a match one cousin is versus the other. I realized there is a lot of randomness to what dna is inherited from each parent, and understand how a cousin can inherit much different dna.
Would you say the above is normal? Or would there be any suspicion that the one cousin isn't a first cousin?
Thanks!
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