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My goal with this project I am working on is to find an unknown father to my paternal grandmothers paternal grandfather. The out of wedlock son was born in 1834.
I have used the FamilyFinder test and have several DNA-matches that are all descended from the same ancestor born in 1707 in the Finn Forest of Sweden.
Two of these DNA-matches are 2nd cousins once removed to eachother, and they share a MRCA born in 1785.
One of these men, called X, match with me, my father L and my fathers cousin O as a 2nd to 4th cousin. Stats:
Me and X: 56 shared cM, longest block 27.
L and X: 56 shared cM, longest block 26.
O and X: 53 shared cM, longest block 26.
The other man, called Y, comes up as a 4th/5th to remote cousin to us three.
Me and Y: 26 shared cM, longest block 11.
L and Y: 34 shared cM, longest block 11.
O and Y: 55 shared cM, longest block 12.
Since X and Y have the MRCA born in 1785 in common, and X and us three are closely related through DNA, can I assume that we are all descended from that same MRCA?
OR is it more likely that we three are descended from the MRCA further back in time, born 1707?
I have used the FamilyFinder test and have several DNA-matches that are all descended from the same ancestor born in 1707 in the Finn Forest of Sweden.
Two of these DNA-matches are 2nd cousins once removed to eachother, and they share a MRCA born in 1785.
One of these men, called X, match with me, my father L and my fathers cousin O as a 2nd to 4th cousin. Stats:
Me and X: 56 shared cM, longest block 27.
L and X: 56 shared cM, longest block 26.
O and X: 53 shared cM, longest block 26.
The other man, called Y, comes up as a 4th/5th to remote cousin to us three.
Me and Y: 26 shared cM, longest block 11.
L and Y: 34 shared cM, longest block 11.
O and Y: 55 shared cM, longest block 12.
Since X and Y have the MRCA born in 1785 in common, and X and us three are closely related through DNA, can I assume that we are all descended from that same MRCA?
OR is it more likely that we three are descended from the MRCA further back in time, born 1707?