DNA Painting My Father’s Cousin Jim

Right now Jim is 1% painted:

I am interested in Jim’s maternal side which is where I match through the Hartley and Snell surnames.

I have mapped Jim’s sister Joyce up to 8%.

Ellen at MyHertitage

If the depiction at MyHeritage is correct, then Jim and Eleen are 1/2 third cousins through Abishai Chase only.

Here is Jim’s paternal side mapping with Ellen in orange added:

Jim and Brian at MyHeritage

Brian matches Jim on his maternal side:

This gets Jim up to 1% mapped on his maternal side:

Chromosome 11 was already mapped. Brian adds DNA to Chromosomes 12 and 15. The Churchill family is interesting as they were a colonial family living in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Cassie at MyHeritage

I already have some segments painted for Gurney and Reed. However, for some reason, I cannot see how Cassie matches Jim. Perhaps her results are private.

Michelle at MyHeritage

I didn’t know that Jim had an ancestor named Shadrack. Michelle’s match is in light blue:

Chasing More Chase DNA with Marylou

One problem I see here is that, after a quick review at Ancestry, I don’t see where Edward Chase had a second wife. I’ll skip this match for now.

One More Try?

Here is Jim’s DNA Map for now:

This is better than what I had, but there are only 14 segments painted and only four painted on Jim’s maternal side. That is the side that I am interested in. Next, I will look at common matches to an existing match. That match is Bradford who has the common ancestors of Churchill and Burbank with Jim. The match’s name is Helen and here is her tree:

Perhaps I can get back to Churchill and Burbank with Helen. By accepting at lot of hints at Ancestry, I get this tree:

At this level whichis around 1800, I don’t see the Burbank or Churchill names. Going back another generation where I could didn’t help either. I’ll leave this exercise for antoher day.

Summary and Conclusions

• I am a bit surprised that I am having so much trouble finding matches to paint onto Jim’s map
• I was able to improve Jim’s map, but the numbers are still low.
• I had better luck with Jim’s sister Joyce’s map.