Have you found any previously unknown relatives thanks to DNA tests?

[Peterski]

Here is how much I share with various TA members and some other people.

All comparisons posted below have been made with the same settings:

Minimum threshold size to be included in total = 500 SNPs
Mismatch-bunching Limit = 250 SNPs
Minimum segment cM to be included in total = 1.0 cM

People who are not TA members are marked as * (this includes Northener):

*Northener - total 58.8 cM, largest 3.9 cM
Noricum - total 50.7 cM, largest 3.9 cM
Slavic Italian - total 48.7 cM, largest 4.7 cM
*Linda Steinbach - total 48.2 cM, largest 4.0 cM
Mlukas - total 46.6 cM, largest 9.8 cM
Silesian - total 45.2 cM, largest 4.8 cM
Enflamme - total 43.8 cM, largest 4.1 cm
*Amerijoe - total 39.2 cM, largest 5.0 cM
Kazimiera - total 37.6 cM, largest 2.8 cM
Jackson - total 36.9 cM, largest 3.7 cM
Kriptc06 - total 30.6 cM, largest 4.0 cM
Cniva - total 27.4 cM, largest 4.5 cM
Sikeliot - total 24.7 cM, largest 3.7 cM
Potentia - total 20.8 cM, largest 2.3 cM
KnowledgeIsKing - total 10.2 cM, largest 2.9 cM
*Rhea Tannenbaum - total 9.4 cM, largest 3.2 cM
*Clare Ciszewski - total 7.6 cM, largest 7.6 cM
Myth's mom - total 6.3 cM, largest 5.1 cM
CrazyDaisy - total 3.4 cM, largest 3.4 cM
Ilma - total 2.7 cM, largest 2.7 cM
Norka - total 1.5 cM, largest 1.5 cM
Zoran - total 1.2 cM, largest 1.2 cM
Dominicanese - total 0.0 cM, largest 0.0 cM

Surprisingly, I share the most with Northener - who is a Northern Dutchman from the Netherlands. He is registered on Eupedia and on Anthrogenica, but not on TA (as far as I know).

Linda Steinbach is a Prussian German with some ancestry from my region.

Rhea Tannenbaum is a Prussian Jew with some ancestry from my region.

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The reason why I share segments with Northener might be our ancestral connection.

It is possible that one of his ancestors and one of my ancestors came from this area:

https://www.google.nl/maps/place/Mel...22!4d8.3372664

But nothing is certain about it. And that could be only few centuries ago, not recently.

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I share the largest segment with Mlukas, but more of total cM with some others.

The second largest segment I share - 7.6 cM - is with a Pole from my region.

[Lucas]

Yes. We are like cousins This is the reason maybe why we interest in the same things like anthro & genetics & history

[Kazimiera]

I matched 129.1 cM with Loki.

[Rethel]

I matched 129.1 cM with Loki.

Like Afrikaner with Afrikanerin

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

I found someone that had a near exact ydna match with me. But not actual family relatives. And a couple of exact Mtdna matches

[Kazimiera]

I found someone that had a near exact ydna match with me. But not actual family relatives. And a couple of exact Mtdna matches

I found someone with an exact mtDNA match with me. She also isn't a relative and it's rather strange to have such an exact match on a very rare haplogroup.

Sikeliot and I share 71 cM. My biggest match after Loki.

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

I found someone with an exact mtDNA match with me. She also isn't a relative and it's rather strange to have such an exact match on a very rare haplogroup.

Sikeliot and I share 71 cM. My biggest match after Loki.

Mtdna doesnt mutate for a long time. Slower than Y dna also i think. So that is part of the reason why.

Could be from 125 years to about 550 years for last exact common ancestor
5 generations to 22 generations

[Kazimiera]

Mtdna doesnt mutate for a long time. Slower than Y dna also i think. So that is part of the reason why.

Could be from 125 years to about 550 years for last exact common ancestor
5 generations to 22 generations

I didn't know this. Thank you!

[Skjaldemjøden]

I found five siblings of my great-great-grandmother, which was interesting.

[Mortimer]

yes many. even some on the forum.