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Helen found, through DNA testing a male relative, that her family was an
exact match to another family who had lived nearby in VA in the mid
1700’s. Those two families now work together searching for their common
ancestor.
Clyde’s great-grandfather ran away from home as a teenager. When two
generations of descendents failed to find his family in TN, they doubted
the runaway had kept his surname. DNA testing confirms he kept his
surname and directs research toward SC.
Dolores wondered where her mother’s family came from in Germany. DNA
testing showed that her family shared common ancestry with another
family who had lived nearby in SC in the mid 1700’s and who traced their
ancestry to Wilheim in Wuerttemburg, Germany.
Louise always suspected that her older “brother” was actually her
father, and that the parents who raised her were actually her
grandparents. An mtDNA test compared with a test of her sister’s child
showed that she and her sister had the same mother, proving her brother
really was her brother.
Terry and Richard had never met until they both participated in a DNA
surname test. They found they share a common ancestor born before
1620. Although they have not yet connected their paper trails, they
have shared their research skills, interest in DNA testing for
genealogy, and have become partners in World Families Network.
Marie thought that
her maternal line (mother's mother's ... mother's line) was French until
she did a mtDNA test and found that her maternal heritage was Native
American. Click
here to read her story.
Bob couldn't find out
anything about his earliest paternal ancestor until he took a yDNA test
and his result matched another surname. Click
here to read how he found his heritage and an unrecorded name
change.
Roger Pike had wondered for years
whether he was related to Zebulon Montgomery Pike, as in Pikes Peak, and
now he knows. Click
here to read his story.
Vaughn wondered if his Shawnee Indian
chief ancestor, named Blue Jacket was really a white man, as local
legends contended - or if he was an American Indian. Click
here to
read how he proved with yDNA that Blue Jacket really was a Native
American.
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