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DNA Match Relationship Ranges - How are they calculated?

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DNA Match Relationship Ranges - How are they calculated?

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 11:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
Anyone here know how the relationship listed under DNA matches are actually figured? I've been basing it on each person's steps (or generations) to "Most Recent Common Ancestor", then averaging those two figures to arrive at the value of a "cousinship", as in 5th, 6th, etc., without ever considering the 1x, 2x ... removed aspect of the relationship. Ancestry only ever gives two number values for the "possible range" of a relationship between two people. My question is - does Ancestry figure "times removed" - if it pertains - as separate generational steps for their range calculations?
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Frank William... 29 Sep 2013 5:46AM GMT 
allycat113 1 Oct 2013 11:16AM GMT 
Frank William... 2 Oct 2013 8:03AM GMT 
DSUAREZ 23 Jun 2015 3:22PM GMT 
BarbaraTaylor... 28 Jun 2015 1:30AM GMT 
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