How accurate are 3rd cousin matches

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I have many 3rd cousin matches, some of whom sharing 0.77, 0.89 and 0.99 % DNA. How accurate is this ?
I didn't get any 2nd cousin matching which I didn't expect to anyway.
 

Apollo

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Fairly accurate.

Sometimes they can be 4th cousins that just made the cut off point of similarity to be considered 3rd cousins, but anyhow, it isn't in the ancient past. You are related in the past century and a half.
 
Fairly accurate.

Sometimes they can be 4th cousins that just made the cut off point of similarity to be considered 3rd cousins, but anyhow, it isn't in the ancient past. You are related in the past century and a half.


I have a 3rd cousin we share 1.20%. He completed freaked out when I contacted him as if I exposed a family secret or something and denied any potential relationship. It was kinda weird.

I stepped back from the convo to respect his privacy.
 
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Arkan

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I have a 3rd cousin we share 1.20%. He completed freaked out when I contacted him as if I exposed a family secret or something and denied any potential relationship. It was kinda weird.

I stepped back from the convo to respect his privacy.
It’s funny when you put it like that
He basically said
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