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Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 1,371 Send Message	Sylann	Report	3 Feb 2023 13:18
	Ok Thank you
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 7,002 Send Message	nameslessone	Report	3 Feb 2023 12:54
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 7,002 Send Message	My brother has also had his done the results are quite different. I’m on my iPad but on my computer I have a chart which shows a huge difference in cms against the same relation.
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 1,371 Send Message	Sylann	Report	3 Feb 2023 12:47
	I would have expected siblings to have the same result
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 1,371 Send Message	Sylann	Report	3 Feb 2023 12:47
	I would have expected siblings to have the same result
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 7,002 Send Message	nameslessone	Report	3 Feb 2023 12:37
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 7,002 Send Message	Ancestry haven’t actually got it wrong. They use the number of cms to work out the relationship but we don’t inherit an equal amount. So you have a lower cm match against them than the average. It is especially difficult with ‘removed’.
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 1,371 Send Message	Sylann	Report	3 Feb 2023 12:27
	I have a couple who are married to each other the male is my 1x2 cousin his wife id my 2x1 cousin now according to ancestry their children are my 2 nd cousins but 1 they have her as my 3rd cousin can some one explain please have ancestry got it wrong Thank you