Because of all the info you are sharing I wouldn't care if the video was 2 hours long. I need the info!!!

I also had swallowed the first pill and thought I had it figured out but I kept running into dead ends to prove it. BUT NOW oh my goodness, you have just given me hope that I can also figure out who my biological father is. I have contacted several people on my unknown list and no one has responded. I'm swallowing the other pill now, holding my breath and diving in. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. No other DNA youtuber has explained it in a way like you have.

I found this just a little confusing but did follow along. A very sincere Thank you for ALL your videos, they are all very helpful to people looking to find connections we may or may not have known about. I did get confused with the one up and over and down. but I get the idea. I am dealing with half-siblings so not sure exactly the cm work but easy enough to follow the chart I guess. I am just getting started, BUT I loved the way you followed the options. I am just now taking the RED pill. I reached out on Facebook to what I think is a Half-sister. waiting on test results. I will not be surprised, but a complete shock to her, if I am correct. Father is deceased with no DNA test.

Thanks for the video Larry. I’ve learned a lot from your channel. Keep them coming, please. I have recently had a similar situation that entirely wiped out a branch of my tree. In 1946, The wrong father was named and his parents adopted my dad. Thanks to DNA testing, we now know that they adopted a child that wasn’t related to them and the surname, the tree and all of the research and documents that I have been so proud of for 50 years doesn’t really belong to us at all. The floor seems to drop out from under you when you realize that you aren’t who you thought that you were. I’ll keep looking for our truth until I’ve found it.

Good to see you back Larry! Cheers, Pamela 💐

Thank you I learned how to add tabs, clustering, make a dirty tree etc. I really appreciate this.

Exactly what I needed to confirm that what I've been doing is correct. I am anxiously awaiting the next videos that you mention you are working on.

I have to admit, you did go through that very fast and I couldn't follow the logic. I have a unknown great grandfather that I would love to try and figure out. I also understand when you say, if you don't know one of your relatives, do you really want to know. Been there, done that. It takes a while to come to terms with what other people do. I have also cried for every child's death, accidental death, and loss of close relatives that I never got to know. I have also got to know some nice relatives that will always have a place in my heart. I hope you realize that you are who you always have been, and that your relatives, whether they are blood related or not are what you allow them to be in your heart. God bless you, and thank you for doing the video, whether I understand it or not.

This is how I figured out who my grandfather's birth father was (coincidentally, they were also Browns... different family though).

Great video and lots of work. I will watch the others though. When you showed the two pills the song "White Rabbit" was stuck in my head...lol. Some pills make you larger and some pills make you small...and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all. LOL I picked the right pill and watched the whole video. It can be as long as you need it to be. You are helping people. Anyone complaining about that just needs to move on. :)

As always a great video Larry - you're the best teacher on the internet

Hi Larry, The best thing about this video was getting to see the big picture, instead of just small steps. Your analysis helps in figuring out how to see the relationships. Good video.

Thank you Larry. Just helped a friend here in Sweden to find out who her great-grandfather was. Her best match was 1 person on 200 cM and with the help of MyHeritage cluster tool I found him. It was also confirmed with several matches on Ancestry Thrulines.

I remember my red pill moment well! It was yesterday as I was watching your previous video on adding Thru Line matches to your tree (don't!!). The truth has been staring me in the face for three years, I just never stared back until now. Three years ago I lost a quarter of my tree and found a bio maternal grandfather. Here we go again, paternal grandfather this time. Mourning the loss of many favorite ggfs and ggms.... On the bright side, thanks to endogamy, quite a few will just go into different positions, which is the reason I didn't see anything amiss until now. I had them "confirming" the wrong line! Thank you, Larry.

Coming from an Australian family riddled with adoptions and mis-attributed parentage, a huge THANK YOU! I have just received my first atDNA results on ancestry, learning how to use the Leeds Method, currently reading Blaine Bettinger's book and have a wonderful distant cousin as a mentor. This video makes perfect sense to me and I didn't find your pace difficult to comprehend. If you are just receiving initial contact from enthusiastic distant cousin, you don't want to leave them hanging for the answers whilst you systematically join the dots. I love what you demonstrated in this video, it is so helpful in my situation. Also, I understand the red pill emotional response, so well. If there is one thing that I have learnt from my journey in the past years is the need to check and double check paper trails. It is why I began a new genetic public tree, so, it is like a gift for others who are finding unexpected DNA matches to my confirmed lineage. Cannot wait for your further series and explanations. This is the first video that I have watched and I will definitely watch the older four parts to catch-up on what you have previously explained to your viewers.

I like that 1 part when Larry smokes a cigar in the bathtub then when the balloon pops he slides under.

I love each and everyone one of your videos, I will look forward to seeing your other methods.

Please take more time to teach how to UP and Down......having trouble with that, Thanks

Thanks Larry! I have shared with some cousins who need to know.

I've been searching for two years. Your video helped immensely. I have been able to do what you do regarding finding the common ancestors in trees. My 'issue" is my mom and dad have more than one set of common ancestors in the 3rd generation(maybe closer, still trying to figure it out), they are not siblings though. My hang up is DNA painter, I am re watching your video to see how you made the correct connection to your relatives. Great Video. Nice work in finding your correct bio dad.

so helpful....I will be watching all your videos.

Looking forward to the longer videos

Great video

Great video, one of the best.

I love your video's... Very helpfull and so much info... Thanks from the Netherlands ✌😎

Thanks, Larry, it’s gobsmacking when a penny like this drops, eh?! I’ve been trying to piece together a tree from scratch, I have some of the knowledge on DNA Painter and have some matches to work on. Then I just look at it all without knowing what to do next with all the info. I think I’ve gained a bit of confidence from this vid to revisit, TBC! Well done you.

Thanks Larry looking forward to your future videos. My mum, her sister (who was adopted out & has a different father) and I all took tests. We all did it to try to find out who my aunt's father was and within 2 months I was able to find not only her father but that she had another 4 sisters and 2 brothers. Her dad had passed away a couple of years ago but she has met all her new siblings. However it also very quickly became apparent that my mum's dad wasn't her father either as I had his family tree going back to the early 1600's and not one single match to anyone in that tree in any way. Unfortunately all the matches to her are low cMs so I've been a bit lost and haven't been able to find a possible lead. I will try your method to see if I can find something. Thank you again for doing these videos.

Thanks for sharing, it is hard to discover what you found much less share.

Larry, I found this particular video interesting and here is why. Your last name of Jones and looking at your tree I see Lewis and Mills all of which have shown up as cousin matches. Would definitely like to discuss this further if possible!!

Back here again because this is an excellent video. I'm trying to connect a mystery DNA family everyone connects to but still cant figure out where I come in. It spans 5 generations back, possible Great Great Grand parents, its far but I got to know... Its pulling, tugging on my brain, ( I think you know how that feels. lol)

Hey there, very interesting video, thanks for sharing. I just want to share a few tips that maybe everyone may not know. Both of my parents, my brother, my son & myself have taken DNA tests through 23 & Me, which we have then uploaded the raw data to MyHeritage, FTDNA & GedMatch. So, having done this & seeing our matches I can definitely tell you that just because a match doesn't show up as a match to your mother doesn't mean it's not from her side. I have matches that don't match either of my parents & vice-versa. Also, you can't always go by cM. It all comes down to the amount of DNA you carry from each ancestor & we are all a totally different assortment, which is incredibly interesting when you get into the nooks & crannies of it. My brother & I don't have all of the same matches (we are full siblings). On MyHeritage I have over 10,000 matches & he has in the mid 9,000s. So, just keep that in mind. It's always best to test as many family members as you can & you will create a clearer picture. 23 & Me is helpful because they actually tell you your Paternal & Maternal Haplogroups which help to narrow down how you may be related to your matches as well. Always look at the DNA matches that you & the match you're puzzled about have in common & this will help to discern which side they're coming from if you don't have your parents tested. Hope this is of help to someone. All the Best in your DNA adventures. :)

Hi Larry, great videos by the way. When will you be uploading the video that you mentioned, showing us how to assign people to mothers side and fathers side. Many thanks.

I'm looking for my mother's biological father. She never knew who he was. She's 80 years old. Her matches are mostly 2nd and 3rd cousins. She's done a 23andme and ancestry and I've uploaded her dna to gedmatch and familytreedna. I did several clusters with genetic affairs. I've narrowed down her grandfather's line and now working on her grandmothers line. There's a lot of endogemy so the clusters are more like clutter. Working with lower matches has been difficult.

This is incredible and thanks so much for this information. What are the odds these days of finding an unknown biological father by way of DNA?

Waiting for someone to come up with Chimerism!! This will throw a spammer in the works

I’m adopted and have been happily reunited with my bio mother’s family (they sought me out!). She never said who my father was and has since passed away. I’m currently trying to do this same thing to find him.

This was very helpful to me because I've been through this. However, it would have been helpful to newbies if you had just come right out near the beginning and said that you had a NPE. I realize you were probably being sensitive to your mom, but beating around the bush is going to confuse some people.

Definitely ready for whisky!

Hi Larry, thank you so much for your video. It was a little difficult to follow since it went so fast, but I believe I got the gist of it. I am an NPE and I did find out who my biological father was but the problem I am running in to now is that I have 8 2nd and 3rd cousin DNA matches (105-286cM) that I cannot find the connection to me. I have heard from a couple I emailed and they have no clue. I know they are on my mother's parental side of the family because they match my half brother. I have looked at all the trees available and cannot find a single surname that I recognize. I am truly at a loss as to how to proceed at this point. I have never put all the trees (what few there are) up in separate tabs and I may try that, I may have to go with smaller cM numbers since so few of the 8 have trees. I will give it a shot and again, thank you for your time in putting this video together.

Think I should have stuck with the blue pill...or at least had my coffee first!!

Would you have any advise if the trees of close dna relatives do not correspond at all? no matching sir names or initials... Or how you could find a grandparents biological father when the birth certificate has adopted fathers name. Thanks for the videos, it has helped in my new venture to DNA and family history!

My pill is I don't know who my dads father is! They are all deceased soooo and have proved the family rumor is not true either I can not find a match to any paternal side of my dad ... Oh please finish next one ! Am 76 and just found out after 40 yrs and 56k people in my tree that I do not have any matches to my dad paternal side. Am struggling as 1/2 my tree is wrong and I don't even know where to start. I have my dna everywhere Ancestry, Gedmatch 23 & Me My Heritage and FTMDNA.....not coming up with any thing. Will keep trying tho many thanks for sharing this. Cos $3k at ancestry for a pro :( lot of money but I so want to know. Thanks

Suggestion for future videos, Larry. I see you removed all your clusters when you did this video. It would be helpful if you starred the matches you intend on using, since your match list has many more when you initially did your DNA test. That way, not only will it help guide you to the matches you want to use for your video, but the viewers would also go to the starred matches visually with you.

I have no matches to my mothers paternal side. I have a group of matches that match myself and my children. I’m thinking those matches are my mom’s real fathers family. I’m having a hard time figuring this out. I’m going to watch your videos to help me. TY

I am desperately searching for my NPE. I'm on my fifth search angel. I just want a NAME. I'm hoping your information will help me find it. I (like you) had this wonderful tree filled out only to take a DNA test and find out half of it wasn't true. I'm 66 years old and I'm running out of time. People are all dying off, so door after door is closing on me.

Did you put out a video out on installing genetic affairs and running it ?

My husband does not know who his paternal grandfather is I have tried clustering and looking at the cMs, however that doesn't seem to help there are many cousins married, his paternal grandmothers and maternal grandfathers sides also crossover. I just don't know how to work it out.

Larry, thanks for your videos. BUT when I click I don't get the pop up that you do?? I click and the tree pops up.I don't know what I am doing wrong. I have a mac. I did however use this to figure out a mystery of a 3rd great grandmother whose surname eluded me for ten years JUST much slower than you do it. :)

When people put together their trees, it can contain not just errors, but emotional connections that supersede (for them) their biological connections. My biological father I refer to as my "father" and my beloved step-father I refer to as my "Dad." In my tree, I have both of my mother's marriages shown, but I edited my profile such I have a relationship to both men, but I identified my step father is my "preferred" father. If you look at my tree without examining my profile, It appears as though I am the biological son of my step-father. (I also had a legal name change, so in my tree my step-father's surname is the same as mine, and my children all have my step-father's surname.) So unless there is DNA evidence to prove otherwise, you can never be 100% certain if someone else's tree is showing what they emotionally want to show versus what is biologically accurate. I started my genealogical research when I was 23 years old in 1983. I asked my paternal grandmother to list her siblings for me. When I found the ship manifest for their family's immigration, I found the name of a sister my grandmother didn't mention. When I asked her about the missing sister, my grandmother said, "I didn't like her." So she had intentionally omitted her sisters name.

Wish you could go through mine and make sure I am correct. I have the experience as you have. I have reached out and some with the true will not speak to me. Thanks.

I finally got a first cousin match who I believe is an uncle. The family has communicated some but getting info is like pulling teeth. I cannot find good information for his mother. I found one census record, her marriage record. And her death record and nothing else. The one census record says she's a stepdaughter of the man. But the elder children belong to the mother and the father so I don't think she's their child. What do you suggest? One branch of my family are Bacys. They're in texas.

Did you go on to try to figure out how your mother and Larkin knew each other?

I have a serious problem I can't figure out and your videos have helped a lot but don't know where else to turn with this on. I had my step daughters DNA tested, she's trying to find her father (unknown). I have found a link in the family that is NOT on her mothers side. She has a woman that shows up as 744CM's, we assume that it's a great aunt. Her daughter of course shows up as well but at 253CM's. Her daughter has a half brother that shows up at 336CM's. Ok so heres the problem I can't figure out. There is a woman that shows up in the 3rd cousin area (ancestry) at 106CM's , this woman does not show up in the 744CM woman's shared match but (does) in the 253CM and but does (not) show in the half brother 336CM? The reason I am having an issue figuring out this problem is how is my daughter in a (shared) tree with two different stings? I don't know if I am saying this right? If my daughter is a relative with the 744CM and all subsequent down line family then how does my daughter also have a common relation to the 253CM that doesn't go up the chain? Does this question make it better? While I know that logical answer might be that the 106CM is to far removed from the 744CM but there is yet another problem, remember that I stated the half brother to the 253CM doesn't share this line either. Now to confuse matters even more there is a woman (contacted) that shows as 2nd cousin at 218CM. She states that her father is 744CM's 1st cousin so in my mind I have ruled out the idea that the father of the 253CM is the answer but then how does my daughter share DNA with the up Iine of 744CM? I am so confused, PLEASE, PLEASE help? ANYONE with a knowledge of DNA results please chime in as well. You won't hurt my feelings at all if this gets crazy, be honest. By the way I made this discovery by utilizing your "how to cluster" otherwise I would have never made this discovery. Thank you all in advance!

I have a question about my mom's DNA results with her sister I just did her sister's DNA, & this is what it say's for Ancestry.com : JA/PL You and your sister's Shared DNA: 1,925 cM across 48 segments Longest segment: 151 cM, now on FTDNA it say's this: Half Sister, Grandmother/ Granddaughter, Aunt, Niece 1,890 Shared cM, 150 Longest block X-Match, is this accurate? because everything I am seeing say's that even at a 1925 Cm's match they should be half sisters not full sisters.

I wont to know. Is you still in Tulsa, OK. Because I will like to work with you. After Codevid is over.

What ever made you think you were a Basey in the first place? I'm confused 😕

I need Help with Ancestry results please😘💞🇵🇷

KB?

Mine is ugly and I can find no answers who my bio grandfather is and have followed the videos, it is hard to find the name of your deceased grandmothers boyfriend when you didn't know she had one and have no name to even start with. I have a tree with 60k people and no one on my dads side of my tree belongs to me except his mother that I match (anyone on my side of paternal side only has maternal. No one living except me my dad had one bro deceased, no male heirs. Supposed to be bio grandfather had lots of bros and sis I match none of them or their children nor my childrens and dec sisters children match them.. so how do you start from 0?? I did the coding does not work for me. My mom was only child. I basically have no 1st cousins or 2nd

Why didn't you just ask your mom?