Jason O'Dell

Ancestors

Son of Charles Albert O'Dell and [private mother (1950s - unknown)]

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Jason O'Dell is an Oklahoman.

Biography

I was born on August 1975, in Moore, Oklahoma, my father, Charles Albert O'Dell (1947-2021), was 28 and my mother, Connie (Hammond) O'Dell, was 21.

In 1976 my parents moved the family to Nicoma Park, Oklahoma. I went to kindergarten and 1st grade at Star Elementary in Spencer, Oklahoma. When I was in 1st grade and was playing on the playground, the Star Elementary cafeteria hot water tank blew up killing students and staff. I remember just pieces of that day. I remember the cafeteria wall laying on the ground, and the hollering and screaming. I remember having to sit in a line on the grass with my other classmates facing the teacher with all the sirens and emergency personnel around. I don't remember much other than that. Our classes were moved to another school campus after that, and we finished out the school year in portable classrooms.

The summer of 1981 my parents moved us to Harrah, Oklahoma. I went to a private school the next year and had to do 1st grade again. I remember the school was called Kings Academy, a Christian school. The very next year I started going to the Harrah school district. I continued at Harrah through high school.

In middle school I started taking art classes and continued doing so through high school. I learned and created pencil, ink and pastel drawings. I learned and created wood and clay sculptures. I threw pots on the potter's wheel. I competed in many art competitions in high school. In the spring of my senior year 1994, I had a wood sculpture make it into a show called "Young Talent Competition of Oklahoma". The sculpture was selected for the show and was on display at the Omni Plex now called the Oklahoma Science Museum for a month in Oklahoma City. That same year I had a piece of pottery that I entered into the Indian Art Competition. It won best of show at the high school which qualified it to go to regionals. At regionals it placed 3rd which barely qualified my piece for the state competition. At the Oklahoma State competition, it placed 1st. My piece of pottery was a state champ at that point and was put on display in the state art show at the Omni Plex for a month. I graduated high school in 1994.

Right after graduation I met my first wife and I attended Rose State college for art, but I couldn't do college. I dropped out 2 semesters in a row.

At this point I pretty much stopped doing art.

In 1995 my son Michael O'Dell was born and in 1996 I married his mother Angela Bean. We divorced in 1997.

I worked many different jobs during the years but in 1999 I started working at Tinker AFB as an aircraft sheet metal mechanic on the KC-135 refueling tanker. That same year I bought my parents' home since they were building a new home in Luther, Oklahoma.

In 2000 I married Misti (Hatch) O'Dell and we have two children together, Melanie O'Dell and Jessica O'Dell. I have one brother, Jeremy O'Dell.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ * First-hand information. Entered by Jason O'Dell at registration.

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal 23andMe test match between Jason O'Dell and Nancy O'Dell, his 1st cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are Harold O'Dell and Bertha Hill, the grandparents of both Jason O'Dell and Nancy O'Dell. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: 1st cousin, based on sharing 10.49 cM (12.5% DNA shared) across 31 segments. Jason is the son of Charles O'Dell who is the son of the common ancestors Harold O'Dell & Bertha Hill.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Jason O'Dell and Peggy (Losey) Retherford, his 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Albert O'Dell and Nannie Horsley, the great grandparents of Jason O'Dell and grandparents of Peggy (Losey) Retherford. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin once removed, based on sharing 603 cM across 19 segments. Jason is the son of Charles O'Dell who is the grandson of the common ancestors Albert O'Dell & Nannie Horsley.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Jason O'Dell and Anita (Hill) Stacy, his 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Hill and Letha Rinker, the great grandparents of Jason O'Dell and grandparents of Anita (Hill) Stacy. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin once removed, based on sharing 489 cM across 26 segments. Jason is the son of Charles O'Dell who is the grandson of the common ancestors Charles Hill & Letha Rinker.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Jason O'Dell and Gary Romine, his 1st cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Carl Romine and Edna Mauk, the great grandparents of Jason O'Dell and grandparents of Gary Romine. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin 1x removed, based on sharing 441 cM across 20 segments. Jason is the son of Connie Hammond who is the granddaughter of the common ancestors Carl Romine & Edna Mauk.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal 23andMe test match between Jason O'Dell and Cleveland Hammond, his half great uncle. Their most-recent common ancestor is Delmar Hammond, the great grandfather of Jason O'Dell and father of Cleveland Hammond. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: Half Great Uncle, based on sharing 9.67 cM (9.67% DNA shared) across 21 segments. Jason is the son of Connie Hammond who is the granddaughter of the common ancestor Delmar Hammond.

Acknowledgements

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