Category Archives: Brown-Montran

We’re Related – Dick Clark, Meghan Trainor, & Marilyn Monroe

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Don Taylor

We’re Related – Fourth Look Famous Friday Brown Line & Roberts Line by Don Taylor My fourth look at possible relatives using the “We’re Related” app showed fewer new cousins than ever before. The famous people I had determined could … Continue reading →

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Schools I’ve Attended – 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Don Taylor

My Life Those Places Thursday By Don Taylor Parkview Elementary, Fridley, Anoka County, Minnesota In August 1958, we moved from Anoka to Fridley into a tiny little house on NE 2nd Street. At the time the address was 5853, however, … Continue reading →

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DNA Match leads to 3rd Great’s

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Don Taylor

Autosomal DNA Brown/Manning/Fannin Line By Don Taylor On 23 and Me, I contacted a cousin I’ll call “JK.” The individual shared 1.34% of his DNA with my mother and .77% of his DNA with me. He also shared .91% of … Continue reading →

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Maude Minnie (Winter) Montran – Christian Science Nurse

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Don Taylor

By Don Taylor My great-grandfather, John F. Montran, has been an enigma in my research. I haven’t found any information that closely identifies who he was or what his life was like. Montran is something of an unusual name. A … Continue reading →

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DNA – Glennis’ Paternal Search – Part 6

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Don Taylor

Following Morgan/Morgan/Hemsworth/Luzader & Deem By Don Taylor The scope of the project exploded last time, when I learned that there was apparently a pedigree collapse in my notional Morgan-Hemsworth research to attempt to learn Glennis’ father’s identity. I knew the … Continue reading →

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