MMH:
- DNA Match on 23andme
- predicted relationship 5th cousin
- Relatives in common
- confirmed (on my side): MAP, COP, REP
- unknown: CHB, ROS, LIC
- Invitation (and message) sent on 23andme and (without message) FB
Three of the relatives in common (MAP, COP, REP) are confirmed also by paper documents, I’m already connected to them (also on FaceBook).
In particular COP is my 4th cousin, REP is her brother, and MAP their mother. They live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Because of these three relatives in common, I guess our connection should be on my father side: Me -> my father -> my grandma (her brother is the ancestor of the three mentioned above) -> Francesco Andò and Emanuela Aliotta (these are the common ancestors I have with the three mentioned above).
Following this line, we should find our MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) between following surnames:
- Aliotta,
- Andò,
- Auteri,
- Battaglia,
- Cardillo,
- Castorina,
- Donato,
- Gentile,
- Licandro,
- Magrì,
- Mannamo,
- Raffa,
- Satalino,
- Scuderi,
- Solito,
- Solizi.
All these ancestors of mine come from Messina, Sicily, Italy.
Of course this is just an assumption. Our relation could be also by another line. Moreover, as I didn’t research all collateral branches yet, some surnames might be missing in the list above and some other location than Messina could be of interest. This is however the most probable.
The other relatives we probably have in common (CHB, ROS, LIC) are not known to me, neither their surnames.
Looking at the surname, this surname is not (yet) in my tree. I checked, it is most common in Toscana, Emilia Romagna, Lazio, and Marche. (Marche is the region where my ancestors come from my mother side).
Possible path until our MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor)
Diffusion of the surname in Italy
