Sharon Bryant wrote: > 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 > > > Hi, its amazing how a stroke allows one the time to pursue One's interests. I had mine 31/2 years ago. still have My families decades old brick wall. my gggGrandfather David does not exist prior to the 1840 U.S. Census, Oneida County New York. at which time he was 55 years old. so the search goes on. I wish You well, Enjoy the Day, Ned.