I’m still trying to solve the mystery of my husband’s biological grandfather.

His Ancestry results came back and we’ve finally been able to narrow down the Hyams line that he’s descended from though his closest match still wasn’t a living Hyams, their grandmother was one.

Ancestry predicted third cousins but at 167cMs the dna painter suggests second cousins once removed, half first cousins, or first cousins three times removed. The age of this dna relative suggests that 2nd cousin once removed is the most likely.

I’m trying to work backwards, and have a theory about who it could be but that would make them third cousins so it’s probably incorrect. I noticed though, there were quite a few childless ancestors than there were ancestors who had more than enough children to balance that out.

Anyway, it’s just an observation and I’m sure I just haven’t found documentation yet for a lot of them.

On a side note if anyone here is descended from David Hyams (1873-1916) & Eliza Wells (1875-1917) from the London area, I’d love to have a conversation about their son Edward Hyams or David’s uncle Albert Edward Hyams who had a son named Charles Joseph Hyams.

I know it’s a long shot but I figured it was worth a shot in the dark