frankzzz

Do you know of many really big jackpot winners, like several million $ and up, that blow it all? I keep a link to an article about that from a few years ago: http://www.businesspundit.com/10-people-who-won-the-lottery-then-lost-it-all/

How many people claim big jackpots anonymously, or via a lawyer with something like a blind trust? I see/hear too many stories like in my link above, about "friends" and "family" and "charities", etc, coming out of the woodwork, tracking down big time winners, trying to get a piece of the pie. I think it's best to not ever let anybody know you won.

Were there any other 2nd or 3rd cousin DNA matches of his that might have helped identify him, if you had never tested or hadn't uploaded to Gedmatch?

Thinking of how many thousands of matches I have on Gedmatch, I can't imagine having only 2 matches. Or did you mean only 2 hits in the 2nd-3rd cousin range?