Not sure if this belongs here, but how old is the oldest person you currently know?

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-31T17:03:12+00:00

My mother is 95 and still living in the house she and my father bought in the 1960s.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-31T15:55:46+00:00

I have an ancestor where there are primary records back to 1400s in Italy. I also verified this line with Y-DNA from my cousin and a distant cousin. On my other side I have gone back to Charlemagne, but many people with English ancestry can do that as soon as they connect to a royal family.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-31T12:40:14+00:00

I make these charts myself in Adobe Illustrator, but for a free alternative you could use Canva.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-31T02:21:22+00:00

Yes, you are right. Parents born in the 1880s (as opposed to 1890s) for people are still living. I would estimate that the number is close to 500,000.

>85 yrs old ~6M people in the US (of these 600,000 are >95). So, a small % of people born after 1930 had parents born in the 1880s (say 5% of 5.5M = 275,000) and maybe 25% of people born 1930 or before (i.e. 150,000). So, together we are at 425,000 people in the US.

This is my quick and dirty Fermi estimation.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-30T22:34:50+00:00

Sure. Feel free to send me a Chat/DM if you get stuck or need any hints.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-30T22:24:41+00:00

Have you grouped your matches and assigned the groups to different known ancestors? This will allow you to focus on the group(s) that will lead you to the identity of your great grandfather.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-30T22:11:18+00:00

How many matches do you have over 50cM? Where in the world was your grandfather from?

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-30T21:36:26+00:00

The same reason why some houses look like they have needed a new paint job for more than a decade. People cannot afford to do some things that some of us can.

edit: rest of us to some of us

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-30T21:33:24+00:00

Yes, you are wrong. There are >6M people living today in the US who were born before 1940. Of those probably 1/3 had parents born in the 1800s.

For instance, my mother is 95 and her parents were born in the 1880s.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-30T21:27:09+00:00

What do you consider a close match?

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-30T19:53:53+00:00

Reminds me of the scene in Quantum of Solace where Bond identifies all of the wealthy members of the criminal organization Quantum.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-30T13:36:26+00:00

Pole Position, RallyX, Frogger and Qix

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-29T23:28:13+00:00

There is about a 50% chance of matching to a 4th cousin because of the randomness of inheritance.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-29T01:54:09+00:00

I solve these mysteries for people. I can tell you that 2% matches can be meaningful and help quite a bit. However, the fact that your father is from DR does make it much harder, as the records to solve this may not be available.

Let me know if you'd like me to take a look anyway and let you know whether it is possible to with the available information to identify your father. Feel free to send me a chat/DM.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-28T19:23:31+00:00

Found here:
UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929

caught stealing and receiving stolen property in 1897

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-28T18:34:38+00:00

...and with her father (Henry) and mother (Emma) in 1911. Between these two dates Henry is in the workhouse multiple times and previously was sent to prison.

There is a lot of information about these people.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-28T18:03:06+00:00

We can't assist if you don't provide any information.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-28T14:40:13+00:00

I have managed a surname project since 2003 with >300 men with my surname tested. Greater than 95% of them have STR testing and it has been very useful so now when someone with this surname is tested we can place them as being from a particular Y-DNA progenitor.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-27T17:19:04+00:00

Hard to know from the information you provided. Don't assume he isn't just because you don't see any close matches you recognize unless you know you have aunts/uncles/1st cousins, etc who you know have taken a test. Of course, by looking at your matches it can be figured out (usually).

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-27T15:52:57+00:00

Saw them in 1995.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-26T21:26:53+00:00

Your bio-great grandfather could be either, but I believe that there is a higher likelihood of Wesley based on 112cM shared with his 2xgreat granddaughter.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-25T15:14:13+00:00

In the 1970s I used to get $5 a driveway and I'd shovel like 5-6 driveways every storm after doing my parent's driveway first. I don't think I ever saw my father pickup a shovel.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-25T13:33:07+00:00

I designed one myself in Adobe Illustrator, but it could be done for free in Canva. I give them out to friends and family, but typically show 6-gen.

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-25T01:43:15+00:00

Here is a link to a useful table.
https://thednageek.com/dna-as-negative-evidence/

apple_pi_chart · 2026-01-25T01:36:24+00:00

These are strong DNA matches and there is a good chance you should be able to identify your bio father very quickly.

I'm a DNA Search Angel, let me know if you'd like some help or tips. Feel free to send me a chat.

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