Jovialis
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- Ethnic group
- Italian
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R-PF7566 (R-Y227216)
- mtDNA haplogroup
- H6a1b7
I like this channel, Family History Fanatics, and I recommend watching this video concerning DNA cousin matching. Some of the people you get may not actually be related to you, depending on the amount of cMs you share with them. In the end he recommends 23andme, followed by gedmatch, for the most quality matches.
I'd say it is certainly the case in my experience. AncestryDNA has me match with people who I don't even share any of my autosomal components with. They have a lower threshold for the cMs they consider "cousins" for their matches, and that greatly inflates the number of matches. Nevertheless, these people may in fact be false matches.