DNA

This page is organized by ahnentafel number, based on which ancestor(s) is most relevant for a specific DNA result.

Thus, Y-DNA results are organized under the most distant known male ancestor from whom that Y-DNA originated. For example, a male-line descendant of 96William Smith has provided a Y-DNA sample, and the results are described under the heading "96William Smith," regardless how many generations have passed between 96William Smith and this descendant. Below, the names of ancestors for whom Y-DNA results are available are colored blue.

Likewise, mitochondrial DNA is organized under the most distant known female ancestor from whom that mitochondrial DNA originated. Below, ancestors with mtDNA results are pink.

On the other hand, autosomal DNA results are discussed under the most recent ancestor(s) from whom that autosomal DNA originated (but ignoring very recent ancestors whose identity is secret and not discussed on this website). For example, the same male-line descendant of 96William Smith (mentioned above) also provided an autosomal DNA sample, but the results are instead discussed under the heading "12Henry I. Smith and 13Oma Mae Collins," i.e. the parents of the man who provided the DNA sample, since these are his most recent ancestors discussed on this website. Below, ancestors with autosomal DNA results are yellow.

Ancestors mentioned below will have a icon at the top of his/her profile page.

8Bryant Knight, 9Julia Thigpen, 10Curtis Geiger, and 11Mary Clyde Black

My father has autosomal DNA test results. His sample has numerous matches with DNA cousins; some of the most recent common ancestors reflected by these matches include 16George W. Knight, 17Alice Knight, 20Joseph Preston Geiger, 21Mattie Copeland, 36William M. Thigpen, 37Serena Williams, 46Rhoden Tant, 47Narcissa Black, 70Gilford Bedgood, 71Lucinda ___, 84James Copeland, 85Matilda Rabun, 90Benjamin Burton Black, 91Elizabeth Sutton, 92John G. Tant, 93Rebecca Hill, 132Rice Price, 133Morning Moore, 144Melancton Thigpen, 164Thomas Davis, 165Cemantha McLendon, 170Renson Rabun, and 174Thomas B. Logue.

This sample helped to prove that 19 Sallie Williams' mother is 39 Elizabeth Norris, that 38 George Williams' father is 76 Joseph P. Williams, that 160 Jeremiah Geiger's father is 320 Abraham Geiger, and that 174 Thomas B. Logue's parents are 348 James Logue and 349 Frances Hunter.

I have a copy of the raw autosomal DNA results. If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

My father's autosomal DNA sample has fairly close matches to samples from two descendants of Carolyn Jean Willis (FamilySearch, FindAGrave, sketch of Carolyn's lineage), but I can't identify a most recent common ancestor (MRCA). These two matches are detailed in the table below. (Note that the shared centimorgans may be inflated by pedigree collapse: 16George W. Knight and 17Alice Knight were first cousins and married each other.) Shared matches between my father and Ancestry.com user Jessica gilmour, summarized in the table further below, suggest that some peculiarity occurred involving 8Bryant Knight, 16George W. Knight, or 17Alice Knight. Highlighting the shared matches on my family tree, as I've done below, helps to illustrate the hypothesis. This hypothesis is further strengthened by a triangulated 21.9 cM segment on chromosome 4 that is common to my father, Crystal Lancaster (another known descendant of 8Bryant Knight and 9Julia Thigpen; lineage), and MyHeritage.com user Derrick Phillips. (The hypothesis is also supported, albeit less precisely, by a partial Leeds analysis that I did before noticing the matches that my father shares with Jessica Gilmour.) Y-DNA evidence disproves an alternate hypothesis of a non-paternal event along the ancestral Knight line.

Website	Username	Shared DNA (cM)	Segments	Match View	Tree
Ancestry.com	Jessica gilmour	171	5	screenshot; link	screenshot; link
MyHeritage.com	Derrick Phillips	206.2	10	screenshot; link	screenshot; link

My father's DNA matches who are descended from Carolyn Jean Willis, but for whom I can find no MRCA

Ancestry.com Username	cM Shared with My Father	cM Shared with Jessica gilmour	Tree	MRCA's
hansondecendent	248	27	screenshot; link	16George W. Knight, 17Alice Knight
howard davis	212	27	screenshot; link	16George W. Knight, 17Alice Knight
Olivia Morris	200	23	screenshot; link	70Gilford Bedgood, 71Lucinda ___ (They are the parents of Penny, wife of Jason Edge.)
Kimberly Edenfield	143	42	screenshot; link	70Gilford Bedgood, 71Lucinda ___
Monica East	66	34	screenshot; link	70Gilford Bedgood, 71Lucinda ___
James McDaniel	65	48	screenshot; link	unable to determine
Jo Ann Price Kirk	62	46	screenshot; link	132Rice Price, 133Morning Moore
jabrina14	60	41	screenshot; link	unable to determine

Some of the common matches shared between my father and Jessica gilmour

The MRCA's from the abovementioned shared matches are highlighted on this excerpt from my family tree. As you can see, the shared matches point to some peculiarity that may have involved 16George W. Knight, his wife 17Alice Knight, their son 8Bryant Knight, or (less likely) my paternal grandfather. Alternatively, one could hypothesize a non-paternal event along the ancestral Knight line, but this is disproven by Y-DNA evidence discussed further down this page.

12Henry I. Smith and 13Oma Mae Collins

A son of 12Henry I. Smith and 13Oma Mae Collins has autosomal DNA test results on FamilyTreeDNA, kit #50817. As of this writing (April 2023), the closest match is 123 cM, but I have made no effort to determine where the relationship lies.

I have a copy of the raw autosomal DNA results. If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

In addition, I have 23andMe data, including autosomal results, from my maternal grandfather (who is a brother of the above-noted son of 12Henry I. Smith and 13Oma Mae Collins, who provided FamilyTreeDNA kit #50817). If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

14George Fred Brown and 15Evelyn Dunkin

My maternal grandmother has autosomal DNA test results. Her sample has numerous matches with DNA cousins; some of the most recent common ancestors reflected by these matches include 28Hiram Wesley Brown, 56Henry O. Brown, 60John R. Dunkin, 61Ailcy Catherine Garner, 62Isaac W. Brown, 63Sophronia A. Waldrip, 57Margaret Ada Haynes, 116John W. T. Parlier, 117Mary Duckett, 488Charles Garner, 489Ann Darnell, and 932William Douthit.

This sample helped to prove that 121 Edith Reid's parents are 242 Henry Reid and 243 Edith Harrison, and that 123 Sarah McGraw's father is 246 Ephraim McGraw.

I have a copy of the raw autosomal DNA results. If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

62Isaac W. Brown

Augusta "Gus" Brown, a proven male-line great-grandson of 62Isaac W. Brown, has Y-DNA test results:

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Lineage	Surname Project
197459	67	spreadsheet, certificate	R-M269	link	link (Look under "Group No. 010.")

74Randall Williams

Pleas Williams, a proven male-line descendant of 74Randall Williams, has Big Y-700 test results. I have a copy of his results. If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

This sample helped to prove that 38 George Williams' father is 76 Joseph P. Williams.

96William Smith

A proven male-line descendant of 96William Smith (more specifically, a son of 12Henry I. Smith) has Y-DNA test results:

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Lineage	Surname Project
50817	700	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	R-FTE60422	as on this website; the most recent relevant ancestor is 12Henry Irvin Smith	link 1 link 2 (Look under "R-M269 Smith Group GRP-R-M269- 88.")

As of this writing (May 2024), there are two close matches at the 111-marker level: (1) FTDNA kit 484409, who has two different markers, and who states that his earliest known Smith ancestor is William Smith (1786 - 21 March 1851); (2) FTDNA kit 358161, who has one different marker at the 111-marker level, four different markers on a 684-marker level, and five different SNP's, and who states his earliest known Smith ancestor is John Austin Smith (c1780 - 1838).

In addition, I have 23andMe data, including some Y-DNA results, from my maternal grandfather (who is a brother of the above-noted son of 13Oma Mae Collins, who provided FamilyTreeDNA kit #50817). If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

111Sarah Grant

A proven mtDNA descendant of 111Sarah Grant (more specifically, a son of 13Oma Mae Collins) has mtDNA test results:

FTDNA kit #	Results	Haplogroup	Lineage	mtDNA Haplogroup Project
50817	private	T2b-f1a (using YSEQ's mt Clade Finder tool)	as on this website; the most recent relevant ancestor is 13Oma Mae Collins	link (Kit 50817 hasn't been added to the project, however.)

I have a copy of the raw FASTA results. If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

In addition, I have 23andMe data, including mtDNA results, from my maternal grandfather (who is a brother of the above-noted son of 13Oma Mae Collins, who provided FamilyTreeDNA kit #50817). If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

183Mary Chambers

My father, a proven mtDNA descendant of 183Mary Chambers, has mtDNA test results. I have a copy of the raw FASTA results. If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

290Richard Ricks

Walter Ricks, a self-declared male-line descendant of 290Richard Ricks, has Y-DNA test results, summarized below.

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	Surname Project
759961	37	spreadsheet	R-M269	link	chart (Look under Ricks 1.)

366William Chambers

Several self-declared male-line descendants of 366William Chambers have Y-DNA test results, summarized below. Except for a few small differences in MK50153, all of the results are identical at a 111-marker level.

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	Surname Project
888186	> 111	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	I-Y139031	not provided	chart (Look under Genetic Family 01.)
279362	> 111	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	I-FT215946	not provided	chart (Look under Genetic Family 01.)
679145	> 111	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	I-Y139066	not provided	chart (Look under Genetic Family 01.)
MK50153	> 111	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	I-FT215423	not provided	chart (Look under Genetic Family 01.)
MK50154	> 111	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	I-FT215946	not provided	chart (Look under Genetic Family 01.)
870224	> 111	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	I-Y139066	not provided	chart (Look under Genetic Family 01.)
8502	> 111	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	I-Y139066	not provided	chart (Look under Genetic Family 01.)
828394	> 111	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	I-Y139031	not provided	chart (Look under Genetic Family 01.)

512John Knight

My father has 111-marker Y-DNA test results. I have a copy of his results. If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

In addition to my father, three self-declared male-line descendants of 512John Knight also have Y-DNA test results:

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	Surname Project
920130	838	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	R-FT420876	link	colorized chart (Look under Lineage XII.)
916667	700	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	R-FT420076	link	colorized chart (Look under Lineage XII.)
646648	700	spreadsheet (to 111 markers)	R-FT420076	link	colorized chart (Look under Lineage XII.)

There is a proposal that 512 John's father is James, son of Captain Peter Knight; see the evidence thereof. As noted on the evidence page, FamilyTreeDNA kit #265313 belongs to an alleged male-line descendant of this Captain Peter, but sadly I'm unable to verify his lineage due to a gap in the paper trail.

528Rice Price

A self-declared male-line descendant of 528Rice Price has Y-DNA results:

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	Surname Project
486197	67	spreadsheet	G-Z727	not provided	link (Look under "Rice Price 1680 VA.")

1028Sylvanus Stokes

Two self-declared male-line descendants of 1028Sylvanus Stokes have Y-DNA test results:

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	Surname Project
151333	67	spreadsheet	R-M269	link	link (Look under "R1b - 01 R-M269 >> P312 >> DF27 >> PH1171 > S8067 > BY36229 > PH2911.")
173443	67	spreadsheet	R-M269	link	link (Look under "R1b - 01 R-M269 >> P312 >> DF27 >> PH1171 > S8067 > BY36229 > PH2911.")

1648William Horn

James Horn, a self-declared male-line descendant of 1648William Horn, has Y-DNA test results:

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	Surname Project	Notes, misc., etc.
811511	700	spreadsheet	R-FTB88291	link	link (Look under "Horn Group 1.")	mitoydna.org entry

1944Isaiah Harrison

Two self-declared male-line descendants of 1944Isaiah Harrison have Y-DNA results:

Kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	Surname Project
92004 (project H-45)	67	spreadsheet	I-M253	not provided	link (Look under "Lineage 3- The 'Long Grey Trail' Harrisons.")
N12218 (project H-68)	67	spreadsheet	I-M253	not provided	link (Look under "Lineage 3- The 'Long Grey Trail' Harrisons.")

I-M253 suggests an ancient Scandinavian origin.

3899Gerritje Gerrits

Gayle (Schell) Foster, a self-declared female-line descendant of 3899Gerritje Gerrits, has mtDNA test results:

FTDNA kit #	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	mtDNA Haplogroup Project	Notes, misc., etc.
260996	private	H1b	link	link (Kit 260996 hasn't been added to the project, however.)	The sample has mismatches when compared to all of the usually identified H1b subclades (viz: H1b1, H1b2, H1b3, H1b4, and H1b5) and only minor/common "extra" mutations.

H1b suggests an ancient east European or west Asian origin.

I have a copy of the raw FASTA results. If you have a compelling genealogical interest, suspect you may be related, and want to compare results manually, contact me.

10240Hans Gÿger

Gerry Geiger, a self-declared male-line descendant of 10240Hans Gÿger, has Y-DNA results:

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	Surname Project
304712	37	spreadsheet	R-M269	link	link

131328Allen Eps

An anonymous, self-declared male-line descendant of 131328Allen Eps has Y-DNA results:

FTDNA kit #	Markers	Results	Haplogroup	Alleged Lineage	Surname Project
44049	37	spreadsheet	R-M512 (= R-M198)	not provided	link (Look under Haplogroup R.)