Kitty Cooper's: Organizing DNA results with your Genealogy: WikiTree.com

Here is a really great blog post by Kitty Cooper about why and how we use WikiTree for the purpose of displaying our family tree's and connecting our DNA.  Have a read and if you haven't started using WikiTree yet it is an option worth considering.
http://blog.kittycooper.com/2015/01/organizing-dna-results-with-your-genealogy-wikitree-com/

Here is my own tree, and if you click through to my profile you can follow the confirmed DNA lines that I have entered so far, still working on them :)

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Introducing Patrick John 'Paddy' Cummin's youngest son

Last night, Thursday 19th February was an interesting night.  Whilst sitting here waiting for severe TC Marcia to cross the Coast of Queensland a few hundred kilometers up the road being and being hammered with sheets of wind and rain I decided to log into FamilyTreeDNA and check the status again of 'Uncle's' Family Finder test.  Results for batch 606 were initially due 11 Feb, then 18th, then 25th.  Once your myOrigins results load you know you are getting close to receiving full results.  SURPRISE, his myOrigins results were loaded!  Yippee!

DNA confirms there is ONE Thomas Graham Melrose (1806, Scotland - 1888, Michigan)

Excitement is immense here. This week we have a MAJOR DNA confirmation on the Melrose line.

Thomas Graham Melrose, my 4th great grandfather, who married Mary Anne Irvine is the very same
Thomas Graham Melrose that married Anna O'Neil in 1848, Motréal, Québec. Research shows that Anna is also known as Horrigan, Harrigan, Wilson and Willston.

This is confirmed with a triangulated match of a great grandson of Thomas Graham Melrose and Anna O'Neil to a great great grandson and great great great granddaughter of Thomas Graham Melrose and Mary Ann Irvine.

Henry Hilliard Miller (1854, Moruya, NSW - 1916, Bingara, NSW)

Henry Miller, son of George Robert Miller and Mary Ann Jones.  Profile now available on WikiTree, 'open' status, so if you are a descendant please feel free to add or embellish on the information there.

Family Finder DNA testers listed to compare DNA.

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Melrose DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA

Newsflash:

The Melrose DNA Project is now live at Family Tree DNA (FTDNA), the link is http://www.familytreedna.com/public/melrose/

All FTDNA testers with an occurrence of the surname MELROSE or variants in their line are encouraged to join.

Accepting

• yDNA (Male lineage with the surname Melrose)
• mtDNA (Female lineage with a Melrose woman appearing)
• auDNA (Family Finder or autosomal) If it's in your tree ANYWHERE please join

If you need any help, please email me at dna at dixie9 dot com

Lastly, if you are considering having a DNA test by ordering it through the project you will get a special project price.

Emily May Davis (Scobie/Miller) 1895, Tamworth, NSW - 1967, Fremantle, NSW

Emily May Davis married James Warren Scobie then Charles Miller, her profile is now up on WikiTree.

Still have a brick wall on her paternal grandparents George Davis and Fanny Jones, hopefully the DNA will help knock it down.  Emily's line through these grandparents is on Peggy's X Chromosome.   See further down the page for this chart.

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X-Chromosome

Males inherit one X-chromosome from their mother. Females inherit one X-chromosome from their mother and one X-chromosome from their father. Here are seven generations of ancestors who could have contributed to Peggy's X-chromosome and their approximate average percentage of contribution. These are adapted from Blaine Bettinger's X-DNA charts.

  50% — Patrick John Cummins  (24 Jun 1908 - 07 Apr 1966) 
    50% — Ada Mary Hamilton  (17 Mar 1881 - 12 Dec 1952) 
      25% John Adam Hamilton  (abt 1844 - 01 Mar 1888) 
        25% — [G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
          12.5% — [G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
            12.5% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              6.25% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              6.25% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
          12.5% — [G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            6.25% — [G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              6.25% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            6.25% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
      25% — Matilda Fritchley  (29 Oct 1857 - 12 Jan 1935) 
        12.5% — Richard Fisher Fritchley  (01 May 1813 - 19 Jun 1897) 
          12.5% — Anne Newton  ( - ) 
            6.25% — [G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              6.25% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            6.25% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
        12.5% — Winifred Burke  (abt 1823 - 17 Sep 1897) 
          6.25% — Patrick Burke  ( - ) 
            6.25% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
          6.25% — Mary Ward  ( - ) 
            3.125% — [G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            3.125% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
  50% — Cecilia Miller  (02 Feb 1920 - 01 Aug 1959) 
    25% — Charlie Miller  (27 Jul 1894 - 10 Oct 1949) 
      25% — Mary Jane Melrose  (22 Apr 1860 - 28 Apr 1935) 
        12.5% — George Melrose  (19 Dec 1829 - 18 Aug 1903) 
          12.5% — Mary Ann Irvine  (abt 1811 - 07 Aug 1866) 
            6.25% — [G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              6.25% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            6.25% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
        12.5% — Jane Schofield  (14 Mar 1830 - 01 Apr 1885) 
          6.25% — William Schofield  ( - ) 
            6.25% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
          6.25% — Betty Wilkinson  ( - ) 
            3.125% — [G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            3.125% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
    25% — Emily May Davis  (14 Sep 1895 - 01 Jan 1967) 
      12.5% — John Charles Davis  (abt 1844 - 25 Dec 1913) 
        12.5% — Fanny Jones  ( - ) 
          6.25% — [G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
            6.25% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
          6.25% — [G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            3.125% — [G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            3.125% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
      12.5% — Zenobia Mundy  (abt 29 Jun 1858 - 15 Mar 1912) 
        6.25% — Peter Mundy  (abt 1811 - 10 Dec 1887) 
          6.25% — Ann George  ( - ) 
            3.125% — [G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              3.125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            3.125% — [G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
        6.25% — Jane Prisk  (25 Jun 1823 - 20 Aug 1892) 
          3.125% — Thomas Prisk  (abt 1779 - ) 
            3.125% — Mary Johns  ( - ) 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
          3.125% — Mary Andrew  (abt 1789 - ) 
            1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              1.5625% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown] 
            1.5625% — Mary Andrew  ( - ) 
              .78125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather Unknown] 
              .78125% — [G-G-G-G-G-Grandmother Unknown]

Charlie 'Charles' Miller 1894, Bingara, NSW - 1949, Fremantle, WA

Pop on over to Charles Miller's profile at WikiTree, his biography is now complete, if you have information to add, please leave a comment on his page or if you have photo's please share and add them.  How fantastic, 5 DNA connections, we have an awesome family, thank you!

At times like this when I complete a profile, I feel total awe that we started out with Mum's parents names only and total magnificent appreciation in being able to get to know this family as though we really did meet them and know them is nothing short of miraculous, thank you to all the family along the way that have shared the history to bring this to fruition.  This is as much for you as us, Rhonda and Peggy x
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miller-4156

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WikiTree performed how it's meant to for Heather Johnson

An absolute marvel happened and WikiTree performed the way it's meant to.  I've been neglectful in entering Heather's family tree into WikiTree and thought I should give it a go and start utilising her Family Tree Family Finder DNA results.  So along I plodded entering her direct line got to her great-great-great grandmother Jane Grono who married Robert McKenzie and WikiTree was doing it's little check to make sure I wasn't duplicating people and SHEBANG!  She was there! And her husband, whom I had and at least another 3 generations I hadn't known about, all documented.  The power of WikiTree is AWESOME!  <3

Heather's Maternal line

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Heather's Paternal line

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Mitochondrial DNA T1 confirmed by second descendant test

Update on Peggy's and my own mitochondrial DNA, I elected to add the mtDNA plus test to Peggy's autosomal kit at FTDNA and the results are in, it's confirmed T1, one day I will upgrade further to the FMS (mtFullSequence), but for now because we have both been tested at 23andme.com as T1a1 I don't feel the need.  This has also been confirmed with my 3C1R Amanda Bortolussi who is downline of Zenobia Mundy through another daughter Elizabeth Ann Davis taking a 23andme test and coming back with T1a1.  Amanda has also joined us on WikiTree and has connected with our tree and is growing hers, fantastic to have you onboard Amanda.

Below is a chart of our mitochondrial DNA lineage:

updated live from WikiTree

Would love to connect with other descendant's of these women!  Add a comment or drop us a line.

WikiTree: Melrose DNA and Name Study

In my post "Surname: Melrose DNA Study"; 30 December 2013, I expressed my desire to trace our Melrose DNA and in particular try and connect with descendants of Thomas Graham Melrose who immigrated to Quebec in 1848 and married Anna O'Neil later that year.  To further explain how DNA works, our objectives and show the percentages of how the 5 tested so far are related, I have created a project page at WikiTree Category: Melrose-DNA Name Study.  Drop by and check it out.

Here is a background post about the two Thomas Graham Melrose's that we have been working to identify; http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MELROSE/2003-07/1058716518

Person: Lily May Lucas nee Hodges (01 Jun 1915 - 30 Dec 1976)

Today is the 37th anniversary of the passing of my paternal grandmother Lily aka Dixie (you guessed it this blog was named after her).  When family pass I am a firm believer of keeping their essence alive and a part of our lives, without them we wouldn't be who we are, so in honouring her memory today I am sharing a snippet of her tree.

It is believed her father is a gent named Harry Jamieson as told to me by my grandfather when I expressed an interest in our family heritage all those years ago.  I am hopeful that one day DNA will be able to shed some light on this or point us in the right direction to fill in this branch for her, I'm hopeful she won't shoot me down for doing this, it's done with love in the heart <3

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Surname: Melrose DNA Study

As a family group we are interested in tracing our Melrose (and Schofield) origins especially as we have pretty much come to the end of the paper trail from the Australian end.

MELROSE
We are particularly interested to connect with descendants of Thomas Graham Melrose and Anna Horrigan/Harrigan located in Michigan and Canada who would be willing to take a DNA test to compare results.  With the objective to prove or disprove whether the two Thomas Graham Melrose's are indeed one and the same.

There are 5 descendants covering 3 separate lines of descent from the Australian branch of Melrose's via George Melrose & Jane Schofield that have taken autosomal/family finder DNA tests through 23andme to compare with.  We also have our results at Gedmatch.com.

If you would like to join us, please contact me on dna [at] dixie9 dot com or here.

We would also be interested in connecting with the Melrose's of South Australia to see if they are related as well.  We believe they are, we just haven't confirmed how or where ;)

Click here to see chart in larger view.

George's DNA Inheritance Chart

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