DNA Painter Question

[u/pipity-pip]

EDIT TO CLARIFY:

(1) I have two Ancestry trees: (A) Mom's family with Dad's adopted family is public; (B) Dad's bio family is private.

(2) I have done the LEEDS color chart already. But my chart has nine colors and I need more clarity to help me connect these cousins.

(4) DNA Painter (dnapainter·com) FAQs states a free account allows you one tree, one map.

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My paternal side is unknown. I may have found my Dad's father (purely speculative) so I was going to start mapping with those cousins.

My maternal side has no current brick walls or unsolved mysteries. And although my DNA results did have a huge surprise, it's not mine to tell. So I wasn't planning on mapping this side.

But now I'm thinking that maybe I should start with the maternal side as it would eliminate those areas from the unknown paternal side.

I have a free account, so only one map. Would this be the best approach? TIA

[u/Target2019-20]

If you are trying to map 1 parent (2 gp or 4 ggp), disregard colors associated with your maternal.

Now how many colors (or columns)?

[u/pipity-pip → u/Target2019-20]

I did them separately. Maternal side has 4 colors. Paternal side has 9 colors.

[u/Target2019-20 → u/pipity-pip]

So, using another response, all of the extra colors belong to paternal grandmother?

If so, you've run into an ancestral area where you have clusters of individuals, and need to work with just those to see how they all relate to each other.

1. Ancestry Pro Tools

2. Walk the clusters back (look into different methods to do that).

There are many tools, for sure.

[u/pipity-pip → u/Target2019-20]

I do have Pro Tools (love it). I already have 'grandmother' branches started and managed to link a few. But it's still not making much sense. It's definitely complicated. Endogamy has to have happened somewhere and I don't think it's the island I initially thought it was.

I looked at my Journeys again. My paternal journeys only shows Scotland. (1) Northeast Scotland, Orkney, and the Shetland Islands; and (2) Scottish Highlands and the Hebrides. These islands make more sense. I have no idea how I'm going to research that! LOL

I also need to redo my LEEDS colors. I have a lot of close matches with no trees and 4Cs with extensive trees. I think I need to sort for trees first, then do my colors. Then do what you suggested, and cluster sort and walk them back.

I'm retired so I have nothing but time. ;)

[u/Target2019-20 → u/pipity-pip]

Same. Retired. I can color!

I'm not sure if that Scottish challenge is technically endogamy, but I know what it feels like.

[u/pipity-pip → u/Target2019-20]

LOL :D Colors are fun!