On the 23andMe website, in my DNA relatives list, there was a recently-added woman I didn't know.
Aside from some actual known relatives, she was the closest DNA relative I've seen online.
She indicated online that she was looking for relatives.
The website guessed she was my third cousin, and I just confirmed that guess was correct, using some information from her, and the Mormon(LDS) "family search" website which gives very nice access to US census records, from 1940 backwards.
The good news was that we had a last name in common in our family tree, and some geography in common too. Now that I've placed her into my family tree, I can point her at a line that goes back to the colonies and to Scotland.
Thank you 23 and Me,
For your relationship guess,
And for searchable census data,
Thank you L.D.S.!
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