Over ten years ago, I wrote a blog post titled “Is This John & Martha Bennett’s Robert?” Indirect evidence supported that Robert Lee Bennett, who died 13 Nov 1949, in Morgan County, Alabama, could be the son of John T. Bennett and Martha Gamble. Robert’s death certificate listing his father as Alley Bennett did not […]
DNA
Maternal DNA: Confirming Research and Solving Problems
In the paternal version of this post published March 24th, I discussed my experience with DNA testing so I won’t repeat that here. See Paternal DNA: Confirming Research & Solving Problems for that background. As with the paternal side of my tree, DNA has confirmed many ancestors on the maternal side of my tree and can […]
Paternal DNA: Confirming Research and Solving Problems
My first experience with DNA testing for genealogy was a Y-DNA test for my brother in 2008 that identified my grandfather’s family and answered questions various members of the family had been trying to answer for 50 years. I did two autosomal tests in early 2011 and soon added one for my mother. Since […]
23 and Me Results – 614 Matches in Relative Finder
That’s right, I have 614 Relative Finder matches. I was just hoping to get a few. I ordered the 23 and Me test around Thanksgiving when they started the big sale but waited three weeks before finally getting psyched up to spit. My kit arrived at their lab on December 18th and the initial results, […]
William Taylor – Will DNA Give Us Answers?
In January and February, I wrote about my William Taylor brick wall (here and here) and set out a research plan. I haven’t done much work on this project since then but this week brought some exciting news. First a short re-cap: William Taylor, born bet. 1798-1805 probably in Virginia; married 3 times, 1st in Garrard County, […]
