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Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 204 Send Message	Rosemary48	Report	25 May 2021 22:08
	I wonder if anyone could enlighten me on dna numbers? I have recently had a dna match of 1,518 cM across 37 segments but have never heard this persons name before. I cannot work out our relationship, Can anyone help? Myself and this person are both in our 70's
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 963 Send Message	grannyfranny	Report	25 May 2021 22:30
	This sounds quite close. My nearest match is 54.9 cM and 2 segments and I can't identify him either. If you both have family trees and none of the names match, then it may be that the match is through a 'father', ie not the one listed in the tree............
	Researching: Freeman of Berwick upon Tweed
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 14,670 Send Message	Kay????	Report	25 May 2021 23:10
	The DNA results show a close family member,,,,,,,,either a full sibling or each share one parent.resulting in a half sibling !
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	25 May 2021 23:50
	I think Kay may be right. There is a chart giving number of cM for different relationships here:- http://fh.familysearch.org/system/files/team/ait/images/blog/centimorgan-chart.png Kath. x
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 204 Send Message	Rosemary48	Report	26 May 2021 00:46
	Thank you all,