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If two people share part of the same DNA segment with me, will the centiMorgan value for each segment be proportional to base pair length?

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If two people share part of the same DNA segment with me, will the centiMorgan value for each segment be proportional to base pair length?

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No, because the recombination rate across the human autosomal genome is highly variable, part of the one of the DNA segments may have a much higher centiMorgan (cM) value than the total area’s average value. One of your matches will then have a much higher cM value for their segment.