Sharon, When were your ancestors in Claiborne County? I assume the name is Bryant? What are some of your other Claiborne names. You can answer offlist, that's fine. Roberta Estes -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Sharon Bryant" <[email protected]> > I could dominate the conversation all by myself, Diana. However, I will be > nice. > > In a previous message I told you about the projects I administer so let me > tell you about the ones that members of my family are participants in. > > My maternal uncle, the only one left, did YDNA testing for me. I had mtDNA > testing done. Okay one side of the family done. > > My paternal grandmother was an Ikamire and her mother was a Mullinix (see > the pattern here? :>) ). > > My brother graciously said "well, what are brothers for?" and was tested for > our paternal Y line. I also have two sons by different husbands so have had > both of them tested. > > I'd like to talk about my brother's testing for a minute as it presents one > of the most frustrating results I've encountered. Our surname was Day and > for the longest time he had no matches at all. > > Then suddenly he had a 67/67 match! Whoopee! When I contacted the other > participant I found the following similarities. > > His ancestor was born in Virginia c 1775, probably Albemarle county. Mine > was born in Virginia c 1781, county unknown. > > His ancestor moved to Claiborne Co., TN. So did mine. > > Then both men moved to Putnam Co., IN where his ancestor died. Mine moved on > to Putnam Co., MO where he apparently died as he disappears after the 1860 > census. > > We have been able through tax records in Albemarle Co. to establish that his > ancestor's father's name was John. Couldn't have been something unusual like > Hezekiah! > > So here we are; the brick wall had a crack which has now sealed itself over > again. > > On one son's line I have a 67 marker test result, have done Deep SNP testing > including the U's and am waiting for 464X test results. He was adopted by > his stepfather and his birth father was adopted by his aunt and uncle. So I > have the paper trail and can prove his bloodline is of the Trail family but > can only get back as far as 1805, South Carolina. > > The other son is a Bryant and is a member of the O'Brien project. I play > with an even field so he has the same level of testing as his brother and my > brother. His earliest known ancestor is a Josiah Bryant. But wouldn't you > know there was more than one contemporary Josiahs. > > Sharon > > P.S. As if I didn't have enough "bricks" in my life, I'm having my kitchen > enlarged and I live in a brick house. :>) > > P.P.S. I'm also retired (professor of contract business management for DOD) > and am recovering from a stroke I had the first of June. Typing is > therapeutic! > > > > > > ------------------------------- > The topic of this list is Y-DNA *surname* projects. Discussion of geographic, > haplogroup, or mtDNA projects is off topic for this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message