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Sorry for the delay.
Let me try to clarify the comments in my earlier post.

Quote from: Guy Etchells on 29 August 2022, 21:46:59

    Your PDF starts off-
    “I have recently discovered that my DNA matches the DNA of several living male Weedons
    located in Virginia, USA who, it can be shown through traditional genealogical evidence to
    be related to General George Weedon (GGW) a participant in the Revolutionary War and a
    personal friend of George Washington (first US president)”
    That to me is very vague, you may carry the same DNA as the above but you have not shown or proved what lineage the DNA travelled from them to you.

What you are showing is simply you have some DNA in common with those living people, you have not shown where that DNA originates. The DNA may have come from General George Weedon or it may have come from his wife or indeed there is even a possibility it may have come from other unrelated people in history.  You do not mention whether the amount shared in significant or simply little more than a trace.
That is why I asked.

Quote from: Guy Etchells on 29 August 2022, 21:46:59

    Do you have a paper trail that links you to the people you mention such ancient DNA could have been passed on to you through illegitimate offspring throughout the intervening years rather than through the legitimate linages. It would still show heritage but in the way a female linage is shown through different surnames.

Does your independent research link you to the same common DNA ancestor as any of the living Weedons?
You have not mentioned any Parish Register evidence to support your theories (apart from one mention of a Bishops Transcript of the marriage of George Weedon and Ann Beck) but seem to be relying on the notoriously inaccurate transcripts of transcripts that is the IGI. You are also assuming the wills mentioned are for your ancestors without providing the supporting links to add weight to your assumptions.
Have you looked for a reason to assume the move from Rickmansworth to Wooburn? For instance the link between Watford & Rickmansworth could be the Watford was a market town where farmers etc. would commonly meet. In a similar way Rickmansworth would be a hub for farmers with a number of mills to grind their corn etc. but why Wooburn in a different county? It is true Wooburn is not a huge distance from Rickmansworth but people usually have a reason to make a move and such reasons can add additional weight to assumptions.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Guy

Reply #31. RootsChat discourages posting names of living people and other identifying information on the public forum. You should remove the name of your match.

Oh I am terribly sorry for upsetting you but the people I referred to were married in the year 1629 so if my arithmetic is accurate I very much doubt if they are alive.
However if they do happen to be alive I most profusely apologise to them and congratulate them on their longevity.
Cheers
Guy

My DNA test kit is in transit to me. On Friday Ancestry offered me a 1-year UK subscription for £60 or worldwide subscription for £90. How is essential is it that I subscribe to one of these to get the most from my test ?

Zaph

I am a bit late in replying.

It is not essential at all as all testing companies give a short term subscription to their databases with the test kit.
This free subscription is long enough to dertmine if a long term membership would add any value to your research, or whether you would be better subscribing with a different company.
Cheers
Guy

Sorry for the delay.
Let me try to clarify the comments in my earlier post.

Your PDF starts off-
“I have recently discovered that my DNA matches the DNA of several living male Weedons
located in Virginia, USA who, it can be shown through traditional genealogical evidence to
be related to General George Weedon (GGW) a participant in the Revolutionary War and a
personal friend of George Washington (first US president)”
That to me is very vague, you may carry the same DNA as the above but you have not shown or proved what lineage the DNA travelled from them to you.

What you are showing is simply you have some DNA in common with those living people, you have not shown where that DNA originates. The DNA may have come from General George Weedon or it may have come from his wife or indeed there is even a possibility it may have come from other unrelated people in history.  You do not mention whether the amount shared in significant or simply little more than a trace.
That is why I asked.

Do you have a paper trail that links you to the people you mention such ancient DNA could have been passed on to you through illegitimate offspring throughout the intervening years rather than through the legitimate linages. It would still show heritage but in the way a female linage is shown through different surnames.

Does your independent research link you to the same common DNA ancestor as any of the living Weedons?
You have not mentioned any Parish Register evidence to support your theories (apart from one mention of a Bishops Transcript of the marriage of George Weedon and Ann Beck) but seem to be relying on the notoriously inaccurate transcripts of transcripts that is the IGI. You are also assuming the wills mentioned are for your ancestors without providing the supporting links to add weight to your assumptions.
Have you looked for a reason to assume the move from Rickmansworth to Wooburn? For instance the link between Watford & Rickmansworth could be the Watford was a market town where farmers etc. would commonly meet. In a similar way Rickmansworth would be a hub for farmers with a number of mills to grind their corn etc. but why Wooburn in a different county? It is true Wooburn is not a huge distance from Rickmansworth but people usually have a reason to make a move and such reasons can add additional weight to assumptions.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Guy

Your PDF starts off-
“I have recently discovered that my DNA matches the DNA of several living male Weedons
located in Virginia, USA who, it can be shown through traditional genealogical evidence to
be related to General George Weedon (GGW) a participant in the Revolutionary War and a
personal friend of George Washington (first US president)”

That to me is very vague, you may carry the same DNA as the above but you have not shown or proved what lineage the DNA travelled from them to you.
Do you have a paper trail that links you to the people you mention such ancient DNA could have been passed on to you through illegitimate offspring throughout the intervening years rather than through the legitimate linages. It would still show heritage but in the way a female linage is shown through different surnames.
In other words, it may be showing heritage rather than lineage.
I did not look further to see if you had provided bmd sources for your lineage or whether you simply relied on claims of “traditional genealogical evidence” without weighing up the evidence yourself or indeed checking to see if there was a plausible alternative individual to the one claimed.
Cheers
Guy