I was notified by Ancestry recently that my wife’s Aunt Elaine had a new DNA match named Jolene.
Ancestry thinks that these two could be in the 2nd to third cousin range.
Here is Jolene’s tree:
As Jolene and Elaine have shared DNA matches on the Ellis side, it would seem like the connection should be on Jolene’s Ellis side. I can try to build out this tree:
I see that Arthur’s father was antoher Arthur. Arthur’s marriage record gives his parents:
They were on the next page:
That gets Jolene’s tree this far:
Now George is starting to match my Ancestry Tree for my wife’s family:
However, I had that George’s wife was Marion MacArthur. I think that Matthews is more correct at this time. So, I have corrected my tree, but not added the families down.
An Ellis DNA/Genealogy Tree
This is the tree that I have so far:
George was probably the younger brother of James Henry Ellis:
When I add in Jolene, I see that she is a third cousin to Elaine:
It could be that the Georges on my wife’s line could have been named for this George Ellis. George’s Death Certificate listed him as a bridge builder:
