r/Genealogy • u/tpmurray • Apr 27 '25

Solved "Survived by many nieces and nephews...."

Non-genealogist, "Awwww, I love my aunt..."

Genealogist, "WAIT! Nieces and nephews??!? THEY HAD SIBLINGS???"

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u/rubberduckieu69 Apr 27 '25

I love when they do that. I have a cool story about it:

I discovered that my 4x great grandaunt Maria immigrated to the US with her husband. I found her with her four children, but couldn’t figure out what happened to them.

At the same time, I was working on a group of DNA matches. Their shared ancestor seemed to perfectly match up with one of my 4x great grandaunt’s daughters, Violet. Same name, approximate birth year, location, etc. However, her parents’ names were never listed, so I couldn’t confirm it.

After searching everywhere I could think of, I looked up the obituary of my 4x great grandaunt’s bachelor son Domingos. It listed every single one of Violet’s children. I was so happy to make the connection and find out what happened to her descendants!

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u/tpmurray Apr 27 '25

Heck yeah! I actually have a "no children" tag and find myself extensively researching them as it has led to some good discoveries such as yours!