There is no indication of these kids not being children of Wm and Martha Switzer other than their DNA not matching. I did find out that Wm and Martha were living in Venango Co. during the 1870 period and this is when the two were conceived. Maybe there were some family problems at this time. Martha claims all 11 children are hers so I have to assume they were sired by someone else. Thanks for the info and thoughts! Debbie -------------- Original message -------------- > The 1880 census for Clarion Toby gives no indication of Thomas J. and Clinton > not being the children of Wm. and Martha. Clinton born Oct. 1879 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DebAU92@comcast.net > To: PACLARIO-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 4:40 PM > Subject: [CLARION] William Switzer family 1870's adopted kids? > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Switzer, Cochran, Price > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GaB.2ACE/616> /mbexec/msg/an/GaB.2ACE/616> > > Message Board Post: > > We have been doing some DNA testing on the Switzer lines in Clarion and > foundsome problems in my Wm Switzer line. Two of the male lines have different > DNA from the Switzer's and from each other. I am trying to find out if these > kids were adopted or extended family members. Wm was married to Martha Cochran > Price. If anyone might know of these families I would appreciate the help. I > have Thomas Arthur b. 1874 and Clinton b. 1789 who are two that do not match the > Switzers but were brought up with the Switzer names. > > > > ==== PACLARIO Mailing List ==== > Having trouble unsubbing? Send a message with the word > "unsubscribe" (no quotation marks) in the body of the message to: > > or > > > > > > ==== PACLARIO Mailing List ==== > Search the CLARION CO mailing list ARCHIVES > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter: PACLARIO >