I agree with Lesley, the DNA is clear proof of things we would otherwise not
know. In our family, in the contemporary history, we had a grandfather who
married the love of his life, they had many children, and when his wife
died, he did not remarry. His grandson ran DNA and found that his father,
the firstborn was not of the family but belonged to a family whose name
matched the one who lived next door to grandma. It is obvious to us that
Grandpa knew his loved one was pregnant, there was never a whiff of scandal
involved with this family and the oldest child was loved by the entire
family. We would have never known except for the DNA. So it did happen. We
are sorry that the family member found out about his particular ancestry
that way, but he understands that his grandfather did an honorable thing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lesley L Shockey" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] DNA Evidence
> From my experience with FTDNA I would gladly take DNA evidence over a
> "paper trail" any day. The DNA of three out of nineteen in our project
> did not match the paper trail. Two were quite surprised but for one it
> matched "family stories" not paper trails. Both of the other two, when
> the paper trail was examined closely, problems could be seen.
>
> Grandparents raising a grandchild as their own child while their next
> youngest child, a single daughter of 17 or 18 is still living at home
> happened more often than many will admit. It raises questions especially
> when the descendants DNA matches that of nearby neighbors and they had
> sons in the age range of 17 to 25.
>
> Les
>
> On 8/19/2009 12:41 PM, Carole D. Bryant wrote:
>> Don't be too quick to accuse your husband's ancestors !
>> Neither "paper" nor DNA is without fault ! ! ! ! One little false
>> assumption .... and you may have damaged the reputation of an innocent
>> forefather.
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