Sometimes when trying to solve family mysteries using DNA, we discover that the best matches on the mystery line also have recent mysteries of their own and the connection between the two lies on their respective mystery lines. It’s exciting when there are close DNA matches on a mystery line but, equally, it can be frustrating if those matches also have recent blanks or brick walls and it’s tempting to treat these kinds of matches as dead ends. In this presentation, Michelle will outline some extraordinary case studies where multiple mysteries linked together and only by investigating them all could answers ultimately be uncovered. She will demonstrate the best techniques for navigating these tricky situations and provide her top hints and tips for working with interlinked mysteries. Often if you can solve one interlinked mystery, you can solve them all!
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My grandmother was adopted. Turns out, the majority of my best matches ALSO had adoption or unknown parentage more recent in time on what turned out to be the bio paternal line. These folks were very eager to coordinate efforts and together we solved these interlinked and multiple mysteries.
Wonderful, and pretty comprehensive for the caveats that abound. I was using 16 groups for my subtree family links, and splitting the remaining 8, half for flags (projected, ancient, double-cousin, etc.) and half for ICW current R&D, but I am once again moving my 16 off to a spreadsheet, and combining & sharing them all to a single ‘linked’ flag group, freeing up 15 more ‘working’ groups.
Brilliant as always Michelle. I’m also in the camp that would have enjoyed even more detail on the last case study and how it panned out. All of Michelle’s webinars are worth watching multiple times as there are so many tips and tricks in them that are easy to miss or forget over time.
Great webinar
I guess I missed the handout, if there was one. Does anybody know? I attended this webinar.
Bonnie,
The handout is located above on this page on the left just under the main image. Look for the word “syllabus.” You must be signed in as a member to access it.
Marian
Very good. The second case was a bit beyond my skill level right now, but the other was very understandable.
Michelle does a great job at keeping your attention to what she is saying. Her webinars are very informative and her “tips are oh, so helpful” Great job Michelle it is always a joy listening to you.
Fantastic! She is truly a DNA whisperer. I learned so much about using DNA for genealogy from this presentation, and it makes me want to go take a DNA test from Ancestry right now! Thank you so much for this excellent presentation, which was clear and understandable. I look forward to more presentations by Ms. Leonard!