> > I need a male family member with a direct connection to John Porter McElroy > to contact me. I have purchased DNA genekits from Ancestry and need him to > participate in the test. I do not expect him to pay me back. > I thought I could use just one but I can't. I am having my uncle do one and > found out I have to have another with direct tie to John McElroy who lived > in Weakley Co., TN from 1830s' to 1853 when he died there. > John Porter is descended from William, a son of John and my uncle is > descended from John who was another son. He came to TX by 1870. > I also have the maternal kit if a female from John Porter is interested. > You can contact me directly at: > vivian@camalott.com > Thanks in advance. > Vivian in TX Hi Vivian, this John Porter McElroy...is he of the John McElroy/McLeroy m. to Frances Durham line, with those two being from the Maryland area? Or, is your John Porter from a different group? I am from the aforementioned John/Frances family, if I can believe what I have read.... Mark McLeroy Appling, GA