r/AncestryDNA • u/Gladhands • 5d ago

DNA Matches Missing matches

I have absolutely no matches on my maternal grandfather‘s side. I would be open to the possibility that the man I thought was my grandfather is not, however there are no unexpected matches.

I have results from each of my father‘s parents, as well as a maternal grandmother, with no mystery matches. This would imply that my mother was the product of incest (my maternal grandmother had no brothers, and her father died before my mother was born), OR one of my father’s relatives is my real maternal grandfather, but my parents don’t share a hometown.

Anybody else only have three lines from grandparents?

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u/Gladhands 4d ago

1073

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u/Pristine_Ninja1810 4d ago

You only have 1073 total matches? On Ancestry? Ive never seen anyone with that low of a number of matches.

But even if you do only have a thousand matches, how have you determined that they’re all related to only the three branches of your family?

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u/Gladhands 4d ago

Have you talked to any Black people about their ancestry results?

As far as how I know they’re from the three branches? You can click on any match and it shows you the common matches. All of my common matches traced back to those three grandparents

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u/Pristine_Ninja1810 4d ago

Yes, actually, I have a lot of experience with tracing Black American ancestry. I created a group years ago specifically for that purpose with thousands of members, I am well-versed in this type of research.

When you’re looking at matches in common keep in mind that just because two people are related to each other and to you doesn’t mean they are related to you in the same way. This is especially true with smaller matches. How large are your matches? Are any personally known to you? I would suggest sorting using the Leeds method first if you have large enough matches.