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Ancestral DNA Percentages
You - 1 - 100%, Parents - 2 - 50%, Grandparents - 4 - 25%, Great-Grandparents - 8 - 12.5%,
2nd-Great-Grandparents - 16 - 6.25%, 3rd-Great-Grandparents - 32 - 3.12%, 4th-Great-Grandparents - 64 - 1.56%,
5th-Great-Grandparents - 128 - 0.78%.
There is a 99.6% chance that you will have DNA from all of your 16 2nd-Great-Grandparents, only a 54% chance of sharing DNA
with all 32 of your 3rd-Great-Grandparents,
and a 0.01% chance for your 64 4th-Great-Grandparents.
Pedigree
Parents - 2, Grandparents - 4, Great-Grandparents - 8,
2nd-Great-Grandparents - 16, 3rd-Great-Grandparents - 32, 4th-Great-Grandparents - 64, 5th-Great-Grandparents - 128,
6th-Great-Grandparents - 256, 7th-Great-Grandparents - 512.
What Is a Cousin?
Cousins are people who share a common ancestor that is at least 2 generations away, such as a grandparent or great-grandparent. You and your siblings are not cousins because your parents are only 1 generation away from you.
What Is a Second Cousin?
The number associated with your cousin has to do with how many generations away your common ancestor is.
For example:
First cousins share a grandparent (2 generations)
Second cousins share a great-grandparent (3 generations)
Third cousins share a great-great-grandparent (4 generations)
Fourth cousins share a 3rd-great grandparent (5 generations)
To be “once removed” from a cousin means you are separated by one generation. The number before “removed” will always represent the number of generations you are separated (“removed”) from the cousin. (Source: Family Search).
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Header Background: Double helix: The structure of DNA with the two strands of DNA spiraling about one other.
Insert Photos: Aberdeen Football Club, Pittodrie Stadium, 2015, Aberdeen, Scotland - Copyright © 2018 Graeme Watson.
My family tree connections to Aberdeen Football Club rage from relatively close cousins to distant to very distant to a wide range of family tree links, which may vary as more links are established.
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Aberdeen F.C. - Family/DNA
An un-official compilation of the family tree of Aberdeen Football Club's official's, player's and staff from 1881 to present from one personal family tree.