REGLI CHRISTEN COPPINI and now REIDY

So, the test results for Don Coppini came back. He is a neighbor to my maternal 1C1R in Ferndale.

Through researching my DNA matches and a lot of GOOGLEing, I determined we may be related because we both shared CHRISTEN/REGLI names. He, in his actual tree, and I, because my paternal great grandmother's name was probably REGLI and CHRISTEN came up as a high probability surname on my sister's 23andME DNA test.

Well Don's test did not match anyone. Not me or my brother or sister or cousin. I thought at first it was a waste of money. However, using AncestryDNA helper for Chrome, I was able to cross tabulate a few matches. The first one that came up was someone that just had JOSEPH ANTONE REGLI in their tree. I was familiar with that name, so that was a plus. However, the next one was more exciting in that he was a close relative of Don Coppini that matched me and one sister.

This is a pretty good indication that we are related to DON just do not share any segments with him. This is more common the further back in the tree we go. At this point we are showing approximately a fourth cousin relationship.