I now have 219 DNA matches predicted to be fourth cousin relationships or closer; my brother has 204. I regularly check new names and meticulously chart them on a spreadsheet, colour-coding the entries and grouping blocks of share matches to determine which belong to my maternal lines and which are paternal.

Just this morning I got my twenty second "share ancestor" leaf. Granted, three of those matches are my brother, my father and an uncle - but that still means I (well, my DNA sample results...