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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Finding third great grandfather by dna matching
« on: Saturday 13 February 21 00:57 GMT (UK) »
Thanks JohnDoe
My matches to George Marlin from a paper trail and dna matching suggest that my connection goes at least as far back as George and even further back. George and his ancestors come from Devon in the south of England, while Elizabeth's mother Eleanor Jobling comes from Northumberland in the north. George came free to Australia in 1837 while Eleanor came as a convict in 1832. It is possible though most unlikely that there is an English connection between the two families. There is no apparent link on the family trees of my Marlin dna matches to Elizabeth Armstrong (1839). I have quite a few links to other Marlin family members but because of the intermarriage of Marlin s to Elizabeth's siblings I can't be sure of the source of our dna connections.
On my side I am sure the link is from my grandmother (Elizabeth's granddaughter) as one of my close dna links a half first cousin once removed, who only shares my grandmother (his great grandmother) but has a different grandfather (his great grandfather), has a dna match to the Marlin Family. As previously mentioned I also have dna links to descendants of Elizabeth who do not have the same male connection as myself, who also have links to the Marlin family.
I have checked and rechecked my line to Elizabeth to see if there could be any Marlin connection, I have been able to establish dna links to both sides of my line back to Elizabeth. So I conclude that the connection can only be through the father of Elizabeth ie George Marlin
Due to the insistence of some cousins who do not believe this is possible I have put this to the forum in case I have missed or overlooked some fact.
Thanks
BuckyB
My matches to George Marlin from a paper trail and dna matching suggest that my connection goes at least as far back as George and even further back. George and his ancestors come from Devon in the south of England, while Elizabeth's mother Eleanor Jobling comes from Northumberland in the north. George came free to Australia in 1837 while Eleanor came as a convict in 1832. It is possible though most unlikely that there is an English connection between the two families. There is no apparent link on the family trees of my Marlin dna matches to Elizabeth Armstrong (1839). I have quite a few links to other Marlin family members but because of the intermarriage of Marlin s to Elizabeth's siblings I can't be sure of the source of our dna connections.
On my side I am sure the link is from my grandmother (Elizabeth's granddaughter) as one of my close dna links a half first cousin once removed, who only shares my grandmother (his great grandmother) but has a different grandfather (his great grandfather), has a dna match to the Marlin Family. As previously mentioned I also have dna links to descendants of Elizabeth who do not have the same male connection as myself, who also have links to the Marlin family.
I have checked and rechecked my line to Elizabeth to see if there could be any Marlin connection, I have been able to establish dna links to both sides of my line back to Elizabeth. So I conclude that the connection can only be through the father of Elizabeth ie George Marlin
Due to the insistence of some cousins who do not believe this is possible I have put this to the forum in case I have missed or overlooked some fact.
Thanks
BuckyB