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Sidami

Sidami Report 3 Oct 2024 16:14

I am thinking of doing the DNA the reason being is my father told me I had a half brother I wasn’t interested at the time but I am now this would of been before he met my mum now if I was to do DNA I don’t have my tree on line would it come up with a link if for instance he had done a dna or his children had? I don’t even have a name ?

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 3 Oct 2024 16:27

As long as the half brother or his descendants had taken a test with the same company it would be listed as a match to you.
But remember if you do get a match the other parties may have no idea of what had happened in the past.

Sidami

Sidami Report 3 Oct 2024 19:47

Thankyou so you don’t need to put your tree up?

grannyfranny

grannyfranny Report 3 Oct 2024 20:19

Whichever company you have the test with and upload the data, the number of units you match with another person will indicate the relationship, but not necessarily which parent it's with.

If you prefer not to put up a tree, that's ok, but if you get a match that might be a half sibling, then a tree would help you identify the relationship.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 3 Oct 2024 20:55

Ancestry indicate that the match relates to parent 1 or 2. You have to decide which is which.