Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Keeping track of degree of cousinship

2017-08-12 Thread Cheri Mello
Judy, That's the thing. The whole intermarriage/endogamy thing messed things up. 74 cMs would be just one cousin, and it wouldn't be a 6th cousin in a regular population. A 6th cousin in a regular population shares 9 cM on average and the range for a 6th cousin goes up to 21 cMs, not 74cMs!!! Endo

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Keeping track of degree of cousinship

2017-08-12 Thread Judy Thompson
Thx for the responses. I will be contacting you Cheri re situations like the one below once I am sure all the links have been found. I have one match that shows as 2nd-4th cousins with 74 cms in common and we found 9! different links so far, closest is 6th cousin and I believe more than one l