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Family Finder™ Relationship Ranges

How accurate are Family Finder’s Relationship Ranges?

The Family Finder’s relationship ranges cover most of the possible relationships between two people. It takes into account several factors. These include the total number of shared DNA segments (blocks) and the total number of centiMorgans (cM). For the Immediate and Close relationship ranges, this is highly accurate. The nature of autosomal DNA means that the expected values will vary more in the Distant range. This means that the ranges are wider, but they are still accurate within a given range. However, the Remote relationship ranges are somewhat speculative. 

Possible Predicted Relationships at each range:

Match Level  Predicted Relationship 
Immediate Parent/Child, Identical Twin/Self
Immediate Full Sibling
Immediate Sibling, Uncle/Aunt/Niece/Nephew, Grandparent/Grandchild
Immediate Half Sibling, Uncle/Aunt/Niece/Nephew, Grandparent/Grandchild
Close Half Sibling, Uncle/Aunt/Niece/Nephew, Grandparent/Grandchild - 1st Cousin
Close Half Sibling, Uncle/Aunt/Niece/Nephew, Grandparent/Grandchild - 1st Cousin 1x Removed
Close 1st Cousin, Great/Half-Uncle/Aunt/Niece/Nephew, Great Grandparent/Grandchild
Close 1st Cousin - 2nd Cousin, Great/Half-Uncle/Aunt/Niece/Nephew, Great Grandparent/Grandchild
Close 1st Cousin - 3rd Cousin, Great/Half-Uncle/Aunt/Niece/Nephew, Great Grandparent/Grandchild
Close 2nd Cousin - 3rd Cousin
Distant 2nd Cousin - 4th Cousin
Distant 3rd Cousin - 4th Cousin
Distant 3rd Cousin - 5th Cousin
Remote 4th Cousin - Remote Cousin
Remote 5th Cousin - Remote Cousin

 

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