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#52Ancestors: Hoping to Find the Birth Record for Grandfather Roy Delmar Pace on My Upcoming Texas Road Trip

September 5, 2015 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

#52Ancestors: Hoping to Find the Birth Record for Grandfather Roy Delmar Pace on My Upcoming Texas Road Trip

Grandfather Roy D. Pace is allegedly the 3rd great-grandson of William Henry Pace (1745-1815), the Pace who served in General George Washington’s elite bodyguard unit–the Commander in Chief’s Guard–during the Revolutionary War. To prove or disprove that claim, I have to first prove the identity or Roy’s parents.

People Referenced: Fields, Laura Mae (d. 1933), Greene, Jeff, Pace, Andrew Jackson (d. 1961), Pace, Betty (d. 2002), Pace, Richard (1583-1627) - Saved Jamestown, Pace, Roy Delmar (b. 1913), Pace, William Henry (1745-1815) - George Washington's Elite Bodyguard
Applicable Surnames: Fields, Pace
Filed Under: Jeff's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2015), births, census records, DNA, Texas

The Genealogy Fallout from Nixing Richard Pace of Jamestown Due to DNA

August 15, 2015 by Colleen Greene 2 Comments

The Genealogy Fallout from Nixing Richard Pace of Jamestown Due to DNA

Armed with the recent findings from our male-line Y-DNA test results for my husband’s Pace line, I now face the unpleasant chore of cleaning up my genealogy house due to this fallout, and outlining some next steps for my research plan.

People Referenced: Pace, Richard (1583-1627) - Saved Jamestown, Pace, William Henry (1745-1815) - George Washington's Elite Bodyguard, Smyth, Isabella (1589-1637)
Applicable Surnames: Pace, Smyth
Filed Under: Jeff's Ancestors Topics: corrections, DNA, fallacies, Jamestown

#52Ancestors: DNA Proves Our Pace Research is Only Halfway Right

August 11, 2015 by Colleen Greene 7 Comments

#52Ancestors: DNA Proves Our Pace Research is Only Halfway Right

After three months of waiting for it to finish processing, my husband’s Pace family’s much-anticipated Y-DNA results debunk the belief that they are descended from Richard Pace of Jamestown.

People Referenced: Pace, Richard (1583-1627) - Saved Jamestown, Pace, William Henry (1745-1815) - George Washington's Elite Bodyguard, Smyth, Isabella (1589-1637)
Applicable Surnames: Pace, Smyth
Filed Under: Jeff's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2015), corrections, DNA, Jamestown

#52Ancestors: First DNA Step Towards Confirming the Identity of Black Sheep Great Grand Uncle William E. Hayes

June 10, 2015 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52Ancestors: First DNA Step Towards Confirming the Identity of Black Sheep Great Grand Uncle William E. Hayes

Autosomal DNA testing helps us confirm that a possible cousin, pursuing a decades’ long changed-identity hunch, is genetically related to Mom and to the right family.

People Referenced: Hayes, William E. (1885-1952)
Applicable Surnames: Hayes, Shippee
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2015), DNA, identity

#52Ancestors: 2nd Great-Grandfather William Alexander McNamara, First DNA-Identified McNamara Ancestor

May 24, 2015 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52Ancestors: 2nd Great-Grandfather William Alexander McNamara, First DNA-Identified McNamara Ancestor

A cousin of my husband’s, who reached out to me last month from Family Tree DNA, helps me genetically identify our first and most recent common McNamara ancestor. Now the work begins to more fine-tune that discovery by isolating the maternal and paternal sides of that inherited shared DNA.

People Referenced: McNamara, William Alexander (1860-1929), McNamara, William Jewett (1834-1911)
Applicable Surnames: Chope, Jewett, McNamara, Teakle, Young
Filed Under: Jeff's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2015), DNA

My Bio Family: My Ethnicity Estimates on AncestryDNA vs Family Tree DNA

April 21, 2015 by Colleen Greene 3 Comments

My Bio Family: My Ethnicity Estimates on AncestryDNA vs Family Tree DNA

Testing my autosomal DNA enables me to compare how accurate my adoption letter was in describing my genetic ethnicity. My birth mom discovery has been quite a whirlwind process this past month. I finally have time to catch my breath a bit and take a harder look at the ethnicity projections about my own DNA. Is this Colleen really Irish?

People Referenced: Robledo, Colleen
Applicable Surnames: Deleon, Rought
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: birth parents, DNA, ethnicity, my genetic family

My Bio Family: Confirming the Maternal-Line via AncestryDNA

April 7, 2015 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

My Bio Family: Confirming the Maternal-Line via AncestryDNA

AncestryDNA made a liar out of me last night by processing my autosomal DNA results much faster than they quoted. I struck gold last night with my top two AncestryDNA matches, providing DNA confirmation of a maternal-line connection to my Bio Mom Candidate.

People Referenced: Robledo, Colleen
Applicable Surnames: Deleon, Rought
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: birth parents, DNA, Facebook, my genetic family

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