CAN SPECIFIC CHROMOSOME TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE MATCH TOOK PLACE?

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I HAVE A MATCH ON CHROMOSOME 17 WITH 3 PERSONS AT GEDMATCH
NONE HAVE REPLIED TO EMAILS.

2 APPEAR TO BE CLOSELY RELATED AS SIBLINGS PERHAPS. 196.xx Cm
OTHER ONE IS TINY BIT APART AT 194.xx Cm

( I am 12.4 cM with all 3 and 5.1 generational estimate)...

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I have 31 X matches.
What does that mean in simple language ?
Can that also be from my paternal line?

*I know I get X from both father and mother but that's the extent of my knowledge on this?

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I have a match in MyOrigins and FF 3-5th cousin who has an MDA listed as China. What exactly does this mean.?
How would this be known or determined if she has no listings of surnames outside of the US ? What does t mean in connection with me if we are 3-5th cousins ?

[sande40]

New and Dumb/ Please help MyOrigins questions?

How/ where are you getting these complex breakdowns of groups?

MyOrigins for me simply says:

*European Coastal Isles 53% / *European Northlands 22% / *Northern Mediterranean Basin 25% .

I have...

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How do you find specific groups such as jewish dna?

I took the mtDNA full and results are Haplo H subclade H10 .

FF was 88.xx% western European and 11.xx% Middle eastern.
How is that narrowed to Native American or Jewish etc?

Also I would like to...

[sande40]

Don't know what the heck I'm doing ! NEED HELP! ( MTDNA & FF Results)

H10
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HVR1 DIFFERENCES FROM rCRS
16519C

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