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Untangling the Centimorgans on Your DNA Test • FamilySearch

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June 27, 2022 edited June 27, 2022 in Blog Comments EN
imageUntangling the Centimorgans on Your DNA Test • FamilySearch

Understanding what centimorgans are and viewing how they are measured on a centimorgan chart can help you make sense of your DNA results.

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  • S.LSykes
    S.LSykes ✭
    June 27, 2022

    I have what is called a double match. Do you have information on that?

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  • Cathy Bontemps
    Cathy Bontemps ✭
    July 9, 2022

    How many Centimorgans does 1 person have? I know you get 1/2 from mom and 1/2 from dad, but how many do you have altogether?

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  • Henry Larsen
    Henry Larsen ✭
    September 4, 2022

    If you hav't get answer I can tell you that according to my knowledge it should be arround 7.000 cM.

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  • Beth of Montrose
    Beth of Montrose ✭
    September 16, 2022

    Thank you, familysearch and Annelie, for all of us lay people understand cM

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  • Beth of Montrose
    Beth of Montrose ✭
    September 16, 2022

    Is this wording correct:

     centimorgan is a measure of the probability that a shared DNA segment of a particular size will be swapped between chromozones during egg fertilization, which may determine the likelihood of sharing genetic traits.

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