"Matrices" is plural for "Matrix" (but I like your logic, LOL).darkerhorse wrote: ↑06 Jul 2021, 00:38 Sounds like there could be a hidden Italian or an error in DNA classification.
The latter is less likely if you're getting the same results from different DNA companies.
Who is the closest paternal relative who also has been tested?
What do you mean by "matrices"? Sounds like a guard for a female prisoner.
I tried yet again to see if I could find a link. Every time I find a DNA match with Italian heritage (other than those I've clearly connected to my maternal side, which is only a handful) I cannot find ANY common ancestor to which I can connect the dots to (on either side). So frustrating, as there are lots of them (again, too many for me to consider simply "coincidence"). ANY of them (or none of them, I suppose) could be my missing link.
There was one match (I believe about 15cM) that was 100% Italian/Med. NO ancestral surname matches NOR ancestral locations I could match up. I can only guess related on my mother's side, but how I have no clue.
Closest 2 Paternal DNA matches are the 2 first cousins (brothers) I noted in posts above. Our ethnicities vary considerably between us, even between the 2 brothers. Their dad was not olivine like my dad's 2 younger brothers, but favored the Irish branch (my father's maternal GF).
Just to throw gasoline onto the roaring fire (as I like to do), of all the DNA matches that I can (by process of elimination) tie to my paternal side, the most common ethnicity aside from the UK/NW Eur/Germanic/ (and to a much lesser extent) French is, you guessed it, Italian...