Interesting DNA Matches I have found

Question

On Edward Teague's profile are the DNA family members. I have yet to connect my line to Edward, so I'm not there yet.

But !!! inquisitive mind that I am, I did a gedmatch to everyone on that list. All comparisons were done on a 1cM, instead of the default 7.

Roy Clement-1232 and I share no DNA.

Hugh Barnes-7591 and I share 2 segments

Rondell Clement-1233 and I share 16 segments

Bobby Clement-1238 and I share 25 segments.

Roy, Bobby and Rondell are brothers.

I think I need to see what other lines the Clements and I share.

Comments

Try matching with Deering-358

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I did the match at gedmatch. You don't have a gedmatch number.

Answer 1

When you compare segments smaller than 7 cM, there is too great a chance that the match is not identical by descent, but identical by state. In other words, the match of small segments may not be an indication of shared ancestry. See this explanation at ISOGG: https://isogg.org/wiki/Identical_by_state