Category Archives: DNA

DNA Doesn’t Lie – John Montran

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Don Taylor

Brown-Montran Line By Don Taylor For a few years, I’ve hypothesized that my great-grandfather, John F. Montran and John Foster Montran were the same person. I have been unable to find a record of John F. Montran and my great-grandmother, … Continue reading →

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Hemsworth Speculation

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Don Taylor

Hemsworth Speculation Leads to a Conclusion. Peterson Paternal ProjectBy Don Taylor I think I have enough information to finally speculate on my half-sister’s paternity. I’ll call each of the individuals in this study by the amount of DNA they share … Continue reading →

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Color Clustering Technique

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Don Taylor

Dana Leeds recently had a couple posts on her blog site, “The Enthusiastic Genealogist,” about using color clustering to identify common surnames in genealogy. I thought I’d try using her technique to see if the process would shed new light … Continue reading →

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DNA – Glennis’ Paternal Search – Part 14

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Don Taylor

Following Descendants of Nathan Smith & Belinda (Odell) Morgan – Samson Green Morgan By Don Taylor My half-sister Glennis is a DNA match on Ancestry.Com with several individuals who have common ancestors with Nathan Smith Morgan and his wife, Belinda … Continue reading →

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DNA Day – Glennis

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Don Taylor

Today was a DNA day. That is to say, I tried to take some time and go back through various DNA matches; today I looked at my half-sister Glennis’ Ancestry results. On Ancestry DNA her closest match is, of course, … Continue reading →

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