re: Finding a common ancestor on both sides when doing ancestry

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Go back just a couple of hundred years when it was very unlikely to move great distances away from home, and villages were more common than big cities, it isn't so odd. My English grandparents (born 1890s) were technically second cousins I believe. My grandmother's grandmother (born 1820s) and my grandfather's grandfather (born 1830s) were brother and sister, giving my grandparents one set of common great grandparents. My grandfather grew up in Durham, my grandmother in London. They met at the wedding of my grandfather's sister.

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Auburn fan y’all ^

I lost a little interest in ancestry when I realized how many Cajun ancestors were cousins.

They call it Incestry.com for a reason.