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So my FTDNA Y37 results are in! At 37 markers there are no close matches (only genetic distance of 4 and one at 3) but at 25 there are some close matches and at 12, well it's basically useless at 12.
Anyways, at 37 and 25 markers I have a bunch of matches who have the same surname as each other and also have the same YDNA haplogroup that 23andMe gave me (FTDNA only gave me a very general one, 23andMe was more specific).
I recognized that the people who all had one surname seem to share a common ancestor in the early 1700s on their family trees. I have some of them as matches on my family finder as well (though, not close matches) and I checked 23andMe and I have matches with the same surname on there as well! It's not a super common surname like "smith" or something but it is English.
Is it likely I've found people with a common paternal ancestor and identified my surname?
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