Repeating Steps

 

AncestryDNA Shared Matches extract

Using the same dot method as yesterday, I tried to isolate the matches to my Dad's branch for Asa Putnam Smith. From the screenshot above, I've run into a complication, as there are matches related to both my Dad's maternal and paternal lines that are connected to the Smith/McIntosh branch. Uh-oh. This is going to add some wrinkles to my research. My Smith connections also have a few matches on the O'Brien/Bridget side as well, which was unexpected.

I am going to try the same dot method on my Mom's Read/Cain line to see if I can isolate these matches and potentially verify whether the Cain/Mainard link is real or if there's another mystery 3rd-great-grandfather possibility.