Ancestry.com
28,903 matches with 2,061 close matches (4th cousin or closer, 20-3,490 shared centimorgans) and 26,842 distant matches (6-20 shared centimorgans). I have listed all 14 close and the 3 extended family matches where a common Ancestor was found. There also are 28 Distant Family where a common Ancestor was found in a family tree. I found DNA puzzles on Ancestry.com are solvable when family trees are made public.
MyHeritage
4,802 DNA Matches. I have listed 1 close family member and 2 extended family members. All other matches are distant. I believed MyHeritage would be a good choice for locating European relatives. Given these results, I can only suggest MyHeritage DNA if your tree is already hosted there. While none of my DNA puzzles has been solved at MyHeritage, it was fun to have Earl Williams (part of the Fantastic Four) pick up on a DNA match between the two of us.
Terminology
Close, Extended, and Distant family are terms defined by the vendors and may not mean the same thing to a different vendor or us. Ancestry, see above, seems to provide the clearest definitions.
| cM | Name | DNA Details | Description |
| 1,099 | John Edmond Gamache | Ancestry.com Close Family 1st – 2nd Cousin 1,099 cM | 16% shared DNA Unlinked Tree | “Jack” is my 1st cousin and is married to Beth Purinton. His parents are Norman Philip Gamache and Gertrude Dorothy Elcik. |
| 790 | Cheryl A. Heath | Ancestry.com Close Family 1st – 2nd Cousin 790 cM | 11% shared DNA Unlinked Tree | Cheryl Elcik is my 1st cousin and is married to Joseph R. Heath. Her parents are Richard Arthur Elcik and Cecile Arline Lageuex. Her brother is Mark, and he is married to Deborah A. Shephard. |
| 789 | Constance Akerley | Ancestry.com Close Family 1st – 2nd Cousin 787 cM | 11% shared DNA No Trees | Connie is my 1st Cousin and is married to Russell Darrell Akerley. Her parents are John Lewis Lucas and Madeline R. Elcik. |
| 430 | Shirley Durgin | Ancestry.com Close Family 1st – 2nd Cousin 430 cM | 6% shared DNA No Trees | Shirley Durgin (born Byras) hasn’t built a searchable tree. However, my tree shows she is the stepdaughter of my granduncle. |
| 410 | Pat Gwinn | Ancestry.com Close Family 1st – 2nd Cousin 410 cM | 6% shared DNA Public linked tree 111 People | Your direct ancestors do not share any of the same surnames as Pat Gwinn’s ancestors from the last 10 generations. This usually happens when there is no public tree. In this case, however, there is a public tree with 111 people—this a puzzle to solve. |
| 373 | Shae Inglin | Ancestry.com Close Family 1st – 2nd Cousin 373 cM | 5% shared DNA Public linked tree 12 People | Shae Inglin is my 1st cousin, 1x removed. Her mother, Constance Akerley (born Lucas), is my 1st Cousin who I know from infrequent but memorable visits with the Lucas family in York, Maine. |
| 365 | Scott Gebro | Ancestry.com Close Family 1st – 2nd Cousin 365 cM | 5% shared DNA Public linked tree 24 People | Scott’s maternal grandmother is Eleanor Small, who is also my paternal aunt. |
| 254 | Donna Sturtevant | Ancestry.com Close Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 254 cM | 4% shared DNA Public linked tree 55 People | Your direct ancestors do not share any of the same surnames as Donna Sturtevant. This usually happens when there is no public tree. In this case, however, there is a public tree with 55 people—this a puzzle to solve. |
| 238 | Heather Adams | Ancestry.com Close Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 238 cM | 3% shared DNA | Heather Adams has an unlinked tree. [Adams is the maiden name of my maternal grandmother.] |
| 232 | Sue Elcik (selcik) | Ancestry.com Close Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 232 cM | 3% shared DNA Public linked tree 7 People Common ancestor | Sue Elcik is my second cousin. She is the daughter of Andrew Elcik (1925-2000) and Barbara Morse (1926-2010). |
| 226 | dtomkinson134 | Ancestry.com Close Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 226 cM | 3% shared DNA | Unlinked Tree. |
| 207 | Julia Kincade | Ancestry.com Close Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 207 cM | 3% shared DNA | Julia Kincade hasn’t built a searchable tree. |
| 202 | Janet St. Pierre Hipkins | Ancestry.com Close Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 202 cM | 3% shared DNA | Janet St. Pierre Hipkins has an unlinked tree. |
| 201 | Melissa Malone | Ancestry.com Close Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 201 cM | 3% shared DNA | Melissa Malone has an unlinked tree. |
| 184 | Rancourt Neeta | Ancestry.com Extended Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 184 cM | 3% shared DNA Private linked tree 18 People | Rancourt Neeta is my presumptive 2nd Cousin through Ceila Small (1st cousin, 1x removed), Elizabeth A. Elcik (Grandaunt), John Paul Elcik (Great-grandfather). |
| 174.8 | Linda Patrick Age: 70’s, From: USA | MyHeritage Extended Family 2nd cousin – 2nd cousin once removed 2.5% (174.8 cM) Shared DNA 9 Shared segments 57.5 cM Largest segment | |
| 144 | Arran Adams | Ancestry.com Extended Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 144 cM | 2% shared DNA Public linked tree 2,988 People | Arran Adam’s Grandfather is Charles H. Adams, Sr. He married Edna “Ferne” Whitlock on Oct. 1, 1938, and they bought the JUST-A-MERE farm from the Chaplins in 1939. This is where they lived the rest of their lives. They raised 11 of 12 children. Eight sons represented the five military services, with a total of 55 years. My mother and her brother Clyde are both buried at the family farm. |
| 139 | Samuel Martin Elcik From: USA | MyHeritage Close Family Grandparent or grandchild, half-sibling, uncle/aunt or nephew/niece 24.4% (1,727.0 cM) Shared DNA 44 Shared segments 139 cM Largest segment | Sam is my nephew, the Dentist. His parents are Jeffrey Lee Elcik and Suzanne Mary McMahon. |
| 110 | Denise Baker Cygan | Ancestry.com Extended Family 2nd – 3rd Cousin 110 cM | 2% shared DNA Public linked tree 21 People | Denise Baker Cyan is my presumed Half 2nd cousin through Donald Orrin Baker (Half 1st cousin, 1x removed), Edith May Adams (Half grandaunt), and Tracey Lee Adams (Maternal Great-grandfather). |
| 85.2 | Ginette Harber Age: 60’s From: Canada | MyHeritage Extended Family 3rd – 4th cousin 1.2% (85.2 cM) Shared DNA 6 Shared segments 28 cM Largest segment | Ginette Harber hasn’t built a searchable tree. |
| 39.3 | Earl Williams Age: 70’s From: USA | MyHeritage Extended Family 3rd – 5th cousin? 0.6% (39.3 cM) Shared DNA 3 Shared segments 16.9 cM Largest segment | Earl introduced Beth to the Lisbon Historical Society. Member of Fantastic Four and Fabulous Seven. I can’t find the common ancestor yet. |
| 9 | John J. Elcik | Ancestry.com 5th – 8th Cousin 9 cM | < 1% shared DNA | This is the DNA match between the two Elcik families who immigrated to America and settled in Durham, Maine. |
| 9 | Zlatica Beca | Ancestry.com 5th – 8th Cousin 1% shared DNA 9 cM across 2 segments | We met on the Ancestry.com Message Boards, where I gave her the nickname “Goldie.” Member of Fabulous Seven. I can’t find any common ancestors yet. |
| Judith C. Lakkis | FamilyTreeDNA 12-12 match match 23 out of 25 markers | Judy was my first DNA contact. She is a retired Xray Technician. Her father is John Chester Spivak. His father was Timothy Spivak, and his mother was Tessie Spivak. There are many spellings of Spivak. Her grandmother was registered as Spewak, and there is Spivack, so they settled on Spivak. If 2 people match at 12 out of 12 markers, there is a 50% chance they are related in the past 7 generations, a 90% chance they are related in less than 23 generations, and a 95% chance related in 29 generations. A 23/25 match between two men who share a surname (or variant) means sharing a common male ancestor within the genealogical time frame. The probability of a relationship is good. However, your results show mutations and more time between you and the other same surnamed person. We believe her Polish family is connected to us. Another DNA test is unlikely as we lack Spivak male DNA for testing. | |
| Unknown Anatolian. (Anatolia constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey.) | 23andMe | You most likely had a third-great-grandparent, fourth-great-grandparent, fifth-great-grandparent, sixth-great-grandparent, or seventh-great- (or greater) grandparent who was 100% Anatolian. This person was likely born between 1700 and 1820. | |
