I found a 4th cousin of my husband and they both did a Y 37 test. They match with a genetic distance of 2 and I have been told the two they did not match on were ones that mutate more frequently (not sure if I stated that correctly). Anyway, my husband had many more matches than his cousin at the Y 37 level. My husband had more than a dozen pages and his cousin only had one that was not full. They did have a couple matches that they shared. Why wouldn't they have more shared matches? My husband has gone on to further testing but the cousin has not and I can't make a good arguement for him to do more with the results he got from the Y 37. My husband and the cousin are of the oldest generation with the surname. The cousin has a brother and I have questioned whether he would consider doing the Y 37 test, also. Since my husband has done the Y111, would it be helpful for me to help the cousin upgrade to the Y111 or have the other brother test? I have already spent more than I liked to do my husband's and do not want to misuse any more. I have also just ordered an SNP test since it appears he may be of a certain SNP group that would help us get back perhaps to the 1600's. That wouldn't help with the gap from our oldest known ancestor born in 1737 or the generation before that, which is what I really want to find out.
BTW, the Y DNA test has not given us any other people with the same surname as my husband or his cousin. How frustrating!
BTW, the Y DNA test has not given us any other people with the same surname as my husband or his cousin. How frustrating!
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