[or-roots] Sharing

Fri Sep 18 17:05:44 PDT 2015

I paid to have my brother's Y-DNA tested for the McClure Family Group on Family Tree DNA.  Two other researchers who I connected with online did the same--we all thought we had the same 5th great grandfather--that's as far back as we can trace.  It brought up more questions than it answered for the other two. I did the Ancestry DNA test--made contact with one cousin since she is a distant McClure, but other close matches have so far proved dead ends as we can't seem to find a common surname in our backgrounds.Linda McClure Wiley

      From: pswitzertatum <pswitzertatum at frontier.com>
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I've had a Full Genomic Sequence for mtDNA with Family Tree DNA, as well as autosomal testing for myself and my husband. My autosomal testing proved a connection that had been disputed in the family. And I've been able to find a few actual relatives who are distant cousins so there has been some trading of information, but not a lot.
My husband has had his Y-DNA tested for a TATUM Family Group to help sort several male Tatum lines back to the earliest immigrant in Jamestown, Virginia. That has been really interesting and informative.
That's all been interesting, but some of the best family info I've been able to obtain has been via ancestry and rootwebs et al message boards, along with findagrave.com, family search and state archives and libraries. Missouri State Archives are a goldmine of information, especially in their online death certificates. Loaded with some of the online info, I've gone to our wonderful Oregon State Archives, and been able to prove quite a bit of information. 

  On Friday, September 18, 2015 3:13 PM, Diane <whitehillranch at centurytel.net> wrote:

 I agree Sally.  Hubby’s was done and now we are really confused.    From: mailto:sallyya at frontiernet.net Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 2:55 PMTo: or-roots mail list Subject: Re: [or-roots] Sharing Yes I had my brothers done-it gave me a name I have never come across in my research. It has been more confusing than anything.Sally in southern Oregon 

On Friday, September 18, 2015 8:36 AM, Dale Harguess <daleharguess4 at gmail.com> wrote:

O.K. I have a question for the group.  Have any of you done a DNA test?  I have had mine, my brother's, my sister's and two cousins done.  It is fascinating and has been a huge help to me in knocking down some brick walls.Dale in Southern California On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Dan M <mygen2 at d-matney.com> wrote:

   Its been a month since I had any messages from this group. Just checking to see if I am still here ;) Dan
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