"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BC-8YV : 13 December 2020), Mary Richardson in household of Alfred Richardson, Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States; citing family 1121, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).; Year: 1850; Census Place: Halifax, North Carolina; Roll: M432_633; Page: 58B; Image: 122
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6Z-TS7 : 11 November 2020), Mary Richardson in entry for Hardy Richardson, 1860.; Year: 1860; Census Place: Collins, Nash, North Carolina; Roll: M653_907; Page: 604; Family History Library Film: 803907
North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9G-472Q : 28 November 2018), Hardy Richardson and Mary Lilver, 29 Apr 1856; citing Halifax, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q285-T34B : 28 November 2018), Hardy Richardson and Mary Silver, 29 Apr 1856; citing Halifax, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 418,147.
Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 32 cM segment on chromosome 3, consisting of Patty (Luker) LaPlante and JM, her 4th cousin 1x removed, and DM, her 4th cousin 1x removed. (JM and DM are 4th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Alfred Richardson and Eliza Silver, the 3x great grandparents of Patty (Luker) LaPlante and 4x great grandparents of both JM and DM.
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA consisting of Patty LaPlante, LMW, and CBB who share a 16.9 cM segment on chromosome 7. Patty and LMW are 4th cousins 1x removed; Patty and CBB are 5th cousins; LMW and CBB are 4th cousins 1x removed. The MRCAs of Patty, LMW, and CBB are Hardy Richardson and Darcas (Boone) Richardson, the 4th great grandparents of Patty; 5th great grandparents of CBB and LMW.
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch consisting of Patty LaPlante QR512166C1, MA and TS who share an 11 cM segment on chromosome 3. Patty and MA are 6th cousins; Patty and TS are 4th cousins 1x removed; MA and TS are 5th cousins. The MRCAs of Patty, MA and TS are Benjamin Richardson and Mary (Bass) Richardson, the 5th great grandparents of Patty and MA; 6th great grandparents of TS.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships.
It is likely that these
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test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
There are three DNA confirmation statements on this profile. The 2nd and 3rd correctly use triangulation to confirm her relationship to her father.
But there is a problem with the first DNA confirmation statement. Please read these details from the triangulation instructions which explain that you cannot mark the relationship to the MRCAs ‘confirmed with DNA’: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Triangulation#Do_you_include_the_MRCA.3F
(That means that one triangulation can never be used to confirm both a paternal and a maternal relationship.)
It appears that you used the DNA Confirmation Citation Maker app. Do you see that the statement you added says that the paternal and maternal relationships are 'confident' rather than 'confirmed with DNA'?
I’ve changed the maternal ‘confirmed with DNA’ entry to ‘confident’ for you. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Matching DNA tests can only be used to confirm BACK TO the Most Recent Common Ancestors (MRCAs) of the two matching test takers, but not to parents/other more distant ancestors of the MRCAs.
I’ve changed the ‘confirmed with DNA’ entry on this profile to ‘confident’ for you. Please let me know if you don’t understand or if you have any questions. Thanks!
If it's only back to one parent (not both) then she/he can be marked 'confirmed w/DNA', which is the case here. Let me find those instructions...
Do you include the MRCA?
1. If there is a single MRCA — because the matches are half-cousins, i.e. descendants of half-siblings who share only a mother or only a father — each child-to-parent relationship back to and including the relationship to the MRCA can be marked as confirmed.
2. If there is a common ancestral couple each child-to-parent relationship back to but not including the relationships to the ancestral couple can be marked as confirmed. The relationships to the common ancestral couple can be marked as confident.
But you had marked the relationship of one of the MRCAs (Mary herself) to her OWN mother 'confirmed with DNA'. As the statement says, you can mark "the relationship TO the MRCA" as confirmed. Your statement attempts to confirm one generation further back than is allowed.
That new one looks good. Your statement says paternal and/or maternal relationships are confirmed, but the relationship it confirms is only the paternal one, so I would remove the "and or/maternal" words from the statement. And I recommend removing the first DNA confirmation statement on this page. It just doesn't apply here.
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But there is a problem with the first DNA confirmation statement. Please read these details from the triangulation instructions which explain that you cannot mark the relationship to the MRCAs ‘confirmed with DNA’: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Triangulation#Do_you_include_the_MRCA.3F (That means that one triangulation can never be used to confirm both a paternal and a maternal relationship.)
It appears that you used the DNA Confirmation Citation Maker app. Do you see that the statement you added says that the paternal and maternal relationships are 'confident' rather than 'confirmed with DNA'?
I’ve changed the maternal ‘confirmed with DNA’ entry to ‘confident’ for you. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
I’ve changed the ‘confirmed with DNA’ entry on this profile to ‘confident’ for you. Please let me know if you don’t understand or if you have any questions. Thanks!
If it's only back to one parent (not both) then she/he can be marked 'confirmed w/DNA', which is the case here. Let me find those instructions...
Do you include the MRCA?
1. If there is a single MRCA — because the matches are half-cousins, i.e. descendants of half-siblings who share only a mother or only a father — each child-to-parent relationship back to and including the relationship to the MRCA can be marked as confirmed.
2. If there is a common ancestral couple each child-to-parent relationship back to but not including the relationships to the ancestral couple can be marked as confirmed. The relationships to the common ancestral couple can be marked as confident.
You might want to use the new DNA confirmation citation maker here: https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/clarke11007/DNAconf.php
edited by Kay (Johnson) Wilson
In order to confirm her parents on up will I have to do triangulation? I expect to see you back a lot when I start attempt more of that. LOL
Thanks Kay!