Finding Martha Blizzard Led Me To Blizzard Descendants

My Thrulines on Ancestry.com have been hit or miss lately. They suggest DNA relationships based on family trees and DNA matches. They can be completely wrong based on wrong trees on the site. Additionally, your Thrulines could disappear if someone deletes or makes private a large tree that the Ancestry algorithm is using to make the connection. Even when it’s wrong though, I’m normally able … Continue reading Finding Martha Blizzard Led Me To Blizzard Descendants

Second Cousin Once Removed On The Eley Side

I found a second cousin once removed on my Eley side on MyHeritage. I’ve not used Ancestry’s DNA tools yet but I imagine that this is similar to Thrulines. On MyHeritage this feature is called Theory of Family Relativity™. Note that they used another person’s tree to link mine to my cousin. Her grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers. Her parent is the first cousin … Continue reading Second Cousin Once Removed On The Eley Side