But clearly someone, somewhere, has a sense of humour!
Having been slowly creeping up towards 200 over the last few weeks....
....yesterday when I checked, the total had jumped from the previous day's 198, up by three to 201, thus missing out 200! 😀
An increase like this is what one might expect, when a group of family members all decide to test at the same time. The closest match is a predicted third cousin to me and then the other two are both predicted 4th cousins.
I think it's the first time I've received such a batch of close matches, all on the same day.
Initially. all three matches showed with unlinked trees - but at least they were trees that featured, not just one of my surnames, ALLEN, but also the similar use of a particular middle name. The trees have since been linked to the matches, so I can now identify the relationships between the three of them.
Another good thing was that, out of the nine other DNA matches shared between myself and the closest new match, I have already identified a common ALLEN ancestor with seven of them, and another one connects to the ALLEN surname, although we've not proved who the shared ancestor is yet. The ninth match has two other shared matches, creating an isolated group that I hadn’t been able to link into an ancestral line, so perhaps these new matches might lead to the opportunity to do so.
One would think that, with all this information, the connection to the new matches should be obvious, but I didn't recognise the oldest ALLEN ancestor in their line.
However, following some research today, I have now written to the match. Potentially, if there is any doubt about the connection between their oldest two generations, then I might just have the answer. 🙂
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