Determining relationships of your DNA matches can be problematic if you don’t have all the relatives of your great, great-great, and great-great-great-grandparents traced down. One place to get some help with that are intestate probate records for relatives who died without children of their own. Siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins, etc. may be mentioned–usually by married name. If recent enough, addresses may also be included.
This case from 1972 documented all the living descendants of a couple who were married in 1881 and died in 1913 and 1932 respectively. A great help tracking down long lost relatives.
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I had been unable to connect my gg grandmother to a family (she was born in 1819 so Census records didn’t help) and she was not listed in anyone else’s tree.
Her name was listed as an heir of an uncle who had named his unmarried brother as an heir, but the brother had predeceased him and all of his other siblings were deceased, so all of the nieces and nephews were listed with their locations in 1881.
The families they belonged to was not given, but with the exception of a few that remained in the same area as the deceased, the known family members were listed together in a list.
I was able to further verify my gg grandmother’s family from a list of heirs from her grandmother’s estate as her mother was deceased.
Long explanation to say don’t give up!
Joanne