I am a native Californian. I got into genealogy 30 years ago and have many hours of experience.
Previously an accountant, systems analyst, firefighter and fire inspector, I am now retired. I have helped over 20 people find birth families or break through brick walls. I have now turned that into a business.
If you are interested in hiring me or learning more, please feel free to contact me.
DNA Confirmation to father
Relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Lance Martin and James Clark, half second cousins. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins; Confidence: Extremely High.
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA who share a 18 cM segment on chromosome 1, consisting of Lance Martin and Barbara (Duncan) Fridlund, his 4th cousin 2x removed, and Dennis Thornley, his 5th cousin 1x removed. (Barbara and Dennis are 4th cousins 1x removed.) These matches have been independently verified by via the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Duncan and Lydia Spiller, the 5x great grandparents of Lance Martin and 3x great grandparents of Barbara (Duncan) Fridlund and 4x great grandparents of Dennis Thornley. Lance is the son of Leslie Martin who is the 4x great grandson of the common ancestors John Duncan & Lydia Spiller.
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 7.6 cM segment on chromosome 15, consisting of Lance Martin, GEDmatch kit # MU8098002, and Jeff Bertolissi, his 3rd cousin, GEDmatch kit # A143098, and Vicki (Donovan) Willis, his 2nd cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # A775595. (Jeff and Vicki are 2nd cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestor is Mary Robinson, the 2x great grandmother of both Lance Martin and Jeff Bertolissi and great grandmother of Vicki (Donovan) Willis. Lance is the son of Janet Viemann who is the great granddaughter of the common ancestor Mary Robinson.
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Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
Lance Martin:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 33 markers, haplogroup R1b1b1, Ancestry member RUGGERSF +
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-M335
I see that you added the marriage date for Levi Fay (Fay-198) and his wife, Sarah Merrell. I can't find your source for this information. Can you please provide that? I approved the merge for daughter, Josephine. Thank you for your work!
Thank you for adding to the John Sutton family. I stay at the Day's Inn by the cemetery every year for my own family reunion and took several pics of the cemetery there. I can add the photos for the ones I have now without creating the profiles myself. Thanks again, Sharon
I have added siblings of Sophia Borland Wilson...so far, just the ones descended from John Wilson and Mary Brooks. I also added a little to the Mary Brooks bio.
There are seven children more descended from John Wilson and Lydia Dell in addition to Mary. I can't remember now why I added Mary Wilson last December. Lydia Dell is my 2xGG but not from John Wilson - rather from her first husband Mark Booth.
Lance has been a great help with verifying my ancestry through DNA and things that I am not able to do myself. He is a great asset to Wikitree and to anyone who needs his help!
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I see that you added the marriage date for Levi Fay (Fay-198) and his wife, Sarah Merrell. I can't find your source for this information. Can you please provide that? I approved the merge for daughter, Josephine. Thank you for your work!
edited by Robin (Felch) Wedertz
I have added siblings of Sophia Borland Wilson...so far, just the ones descended from John Wilson and Mary Brooks. I also added a little to the Mary Brooks bio.
There are seven children more descended from John Wilson and Lydia Dell in addition to Mary. I can't remember now why I added Mary Wilson last December. Lydia Dell is my 2xGG but not from John Wilson - rather from her first husband Mark Booth.
edited by Jane Embleton
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