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It could be Kathleen, Tiverton,Devon isnt that far from wales.

Is Gerald 100% proven to be your relative?

Deborah

Could you just give us Gerald's year of birth - not the full date of birth?

Kath. x

Devon and Wales are only 'not far' since the Severn Bridge was built ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

So the Jones name could be a red herring. How distant is the cousin match? Have you both done trees far back enough?

Kathleen 1945

Shirley, yes I can ask

Only proof is the DNA

Who told you that Gerald's father was called Edward?

He and Margaret seem still to be in Abergavenny.................look at the ER

I dont know if it is Gerald or Margaret who is my relative, this is what I am also trying to establish.

ErikaH, all the info given to me was from Great Grandaughter of Edward and Florence

Again, how distant is the match? That will give you the clue as to how far back you have to look.
Then you can compare your tree to that matches tree.

You also need to follow the other persons tree back yourself, in case there are mistakes.

Have you tried working back from her?

Has she researched her own line thoroughly, and obtained documentary proof?

21 cM to me

31 cM to my Mum

she also has a match to a cousin who I share 222cM with I know who this cousin is, she is related to me through my Richards/Jones line, we are second cousins

Will look at the ER ErikaH, thank you.

Personally, I don't think a DNA result is the best way to start looking for relatives. It is useful further down the line but much better to start with yourself, then your parents and their siblings and carry on backwards looking at births and marriages until you get to the 1939 register and then census records.

You could get tied up in all sorts of knots otherwise.

People's memories can't always be relied on.

Kath. x

Marriages Mar 1926 (>99%)
HARRIS Agnes Nutt Pontypool 11a 224
Nutt William J Harris Pontypool 11a 224


1939 Register
3 Bluett's Road, Abersychan, Pontypool U.D., Monmouthshire, Wales

William John Nutt 10 Mar 1904 Male Cinema Projectionist Married 195 1
Agnes Nutt 22 Nov 1905 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 195 2
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
Agnes Maureen Nutt 24 Sep 1936 Female Under School Age Single 195 5
The record for this person is officially closed.

Those are very low matches. I think you can be assured they are related because of the other matches but at that level the actual match can be hard or impossible to find.

Experts will often regard that level of match very unreliable.

The Richards/Jones line to which Deborah refers.............or part of it.......

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1401116

Thank you ErikaH, she has just given me her Great Grandmothers name, maternal line, Agnes Harris as you posted above.

With those cams I think you may have to track back to around 4c great grandparents at least. Then you would have to look at ALLtheir descendants in the hope of finding a matching person. With no guarantee that you will.

You are both right about the DNA, I dont usually go that route, but I was asked to look and so I thought I would do it for her.