It seems to me that anything over 800 SNPs is pretty suggestive so let's see what matches my relative gets above 800 SNPs....
Colonial
Colonial
British 5th cousin at 23andme
Colonial 5th cousin at 23andme
German/Finn
Colonial
Jewish/German/English
Jewish/Adopted
German
Czech/Jewish/German/Colonial
Colonial
Unknown
German
Unknown
German
Colonial
British
Colonial
British
Unknown
German/Polish/Swedish
Colonial
Irish/Hungarian
Unsure
British
Ukrainian Jewish
British
Unknown
Irish
Colonial
Colonial
Colonial
Dutch
The rest are below 5cM.
So what should I make of this? Well, I think I should discount all the Colonials because they are a mix of nationalites including British, so I am left with:
British
German/Finn
German
German
German
British
British
German/Polish/Swedish
Irish/Hungarian
British
Ukrainian Jewish
British
Irish
Dutch
Nearly half have German ancestry, 4 of which have segment lengths that 23andme would classify as 5th-10th cousins, so in theory the shared ancestry would be after the Saxon invasions of England (which is always at the back of my mind with these tests). But I suppose if you have American ancestry then German ancestry is almost to be expected!
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