Scott is using DNA to identify a missing ancestor: an unknown 2x great grandmother. He tested at AncestryDNA and was overwhelmed at first at all his DNA matches. Then he started from learning from Diahan Southard at Your DNA Guide how to sort and analyze these matches. As he works toward a solution on this brickwall genealogy mystery, he is making other family history discoveries along the way, too.

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