Genealogy

 Chapter 7: Incorporating DNA Testing in a Family Study Questions 1-7 refer to the family tree of Henry Smith in Appendix A. Recipients of mtDNA of #2 unknown are circled; recipients of #1 Henry Smith's Y-DNA are highlighted. Recipients of mtDNA of #2 unknown are circled; of Y-DNA of #1 Henry Smith are highlighted 1. Assuming only end-of-line descendants are still living, is or are there any living who inherited the mtDNA of the unknown spouse #2 of Henry Smith #1? Yes, #41 Tommy Curtis. 2. Assume a living person is found and agrees to test and that the results indicate the mtDNA haplogroup is U5b1c1. Does this confirm or refute the family legend that Henry's unknown spouse #2 was Choctaw? Neither.  U5b1c1 is not a known Native American mt haplotype, so that rules out unknown's mother or her umbilical line being NA. Since that is the only line tested, the rest of her inheritance is as yet unknown. 3. Assuming only end-of-line descendants are living, is there anyone living...

 Chapter 2 Exercises 1. The goal is to determine when Isaac Ryan first bought land in what is now Jackson County, Mississippi. Can DNA evidence help achieve this goal? If so, how.  No. However, if could help provide more evidence that the tester is related to this Isaac Ryan if preliminary family tree research makes a clear and proven case that the tester is descended from this man. DNA provides no evidence that could help with a date of land purchase. 2. The goal is to determine whether the Isaac Ryan who first bought land in 1798 what is now Jackson County, Mississippi, is the ancestor of Jonathan Ryan. Can DNA evidence help achieve this goal? If so, how.  Again, if there is a complete family tree built and proof given with other evidence, DNA can provide *more* evidence of the descendancy. Y DNA can prove or disprove a shared male line. It cannot, however, prove parentage. Neither autosomal nor mitchondrial DNA would have any use here. 3. Nathan suspects that Ethan Kil...