Ancestry gives you a list of people who share dna with you. they have all submitted to the testing and agreed to share results. some have posted family trees and it lists the names on the tree and shows the tree. you compare to your family tree...i found three matches from shared trees just like that. a fourth person might be a tree match. this fifth person is not a tree match yet, but certainly a geography of origin match...others might not share their trees or have a tree. i send them my tree and see if they might see a connection. i think i had about 6 possible third cousins and dozens of fourth..one possible fourth is a definite match..in fact i have correspondended with her before I am quite sure...so it is all very interesting...

latest probable match ..family ended up in springfield ma where all sorts of dingle people went...including many from blasket islands..today is the anniversary of the day they left the island for good. would love to get matched with some crehans..know nothing whatsoever about the family except from kerry.