Could George be of Romany descent?
NOTE: This post is just a teaser! I need to document more of the genetic evidence, but this is being written as part of the SAG DNA Blogging Group, so here goes the story so far.... ***** Continuing with my DNA analysis looking for the origins of my maternal 2nd great grandfather - Arthur/George/William Courtney/Courtenay. Many years ago now I discovered my mother had a large X match at GEDmatch with a female from England, it was two segments, totalling approx 92cMs. This was a very big match and generally a sign of a close relationship. However, the X chromosome can behave differently to the other autosomes and the relationship could be more distant than it seems. I attempted to contact the match back in 2018 and had no reply. In 2019, I turned to Facebook sleuthing as she had an unusual surname. I sent messages to people with that name in England asking if they had tested and could they be the person I matched? I had a reply from one of them saying...