How accurate are 23andMe relative matches?

[Username]

Just wondering, I got this Puerto Rican guy as a 5th cousin but we don't share any dna, I am 100% Somali and he is 0% Somali so how do we match? I know 5th cousin is pretty distant but still.

 

[Sophisticate]

Just wondering, I got this Puerto Rican guy as a 5th cousin but we don't share any dna, I am 100% Somali and he is 0% Somali so how do we match? I know 5th cousin is pretty distant but still.

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Contact 23andme and ask for clarification. This person has zero Northeast African too. And you're 100% Somali.

 

[Username]

Contact 23andme and ask for clarification. This person has zero Northeast African too. And you're 100% Somali.

I think it may be due to the "broadly Sub Saharan" but I'll go ask them.

 

[AbdiFreedom]

By chance, you both have a very small piece of dna that are similar, not through any relation. I share one with an African American and a Spanish person.

 

[Qeelbax]

Just wondering, I got this Puerto Rican guy as a 5th cousin but we don't share any dna, I am 100% Somali and he is 0% Somali so how do we match? I know 5th cousin is pretty distant but still.

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Girl me too, I got a white latino grandma that literally lives in Colombia and they said she is my 5th cousin. She’s 0% somali and I’m 100%. Lol.

 

[mrlog]

Contact 23andme and ask for clarification. This person has zero Northeast African too. And you're 100% Somali.

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[Username]

Girl me too, I got a white latino grandma that literally lives in Colombia and they said she is my 5th cousin. She’s 0% somali and I’m 100%. Lol.

I'm not a girl, but anyway I found another one, some American guy I'm assuming

 

[Qeelbax]

I'm not a girl, but anyway I found another one, some American guy I'm assuming

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Maybe they are cousins of someone who is half somali….hence why they think we are distant cousins

 

[Siikawe]

It's legit! Was linked to a confirmed second cousin.

 

[Username]

It's legit! Was linked to a confirmed second cousin.

I guess 5th cousin onwards is shaky.

2nd/3rd cousin should be somewhat accurate.

 

[Pioneer]

I guess 5th cousin onwards is shaky.

2nd/3rd cousin should be somewhat accurate.

Yes, any Dna relatives beyond 3rd cousins should not be taken seriously.

 

[Al-Ma'mun]

I have a Mexican relative who has no Horner ancestry

 

[Al-Ma'mun]

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My actual first cousins and second cousins took the test and they came out as predicted by 23&me.It's pretty accurate but when it's very small dna like 5-6th cousin thats when shit is kinda shady

 

[Erythrean]

Your Ancestry is fu*ked beyond belief.