I was recently looking at my family’s DNA matches and came upon a possible Common Ancestor between my sister Lori and Holly:
The second generation from the top seems odd as there is a Joseph born in 1771 and a John born in 1825. Here is a summary of my tree at Ancestry:
I see two other trees at Ancestry with similar information. I would like to say that Holly and Lori are not likely connected in the way Ancesty has them.
Holly’s Tree
I’ll try to build out Holly’s Hathaway Line to see what I can see. Holly’s line goes to her maternal grandfather:
This is not much to go on. I am guessing that Adiel could be this person:
The people at the top right should not show as living, so I corrected that:
Here is the family in Wareham in 1870:
Here is a record that could explain some of the confusion:
Here is John Hathaway’s marriage record. It appears that his father’s first name was David and his mother’s last name was Hathaway. However, the Hathaway could be the wife’s maiden name. The suggestion for John’s father makes more sense than the common ancestor listed earlier in the Blog:
David had two Hathaways for parents.
I can get the tree back to 1690:
Do Lori and Holly share DNA from Arthur from 1690? Possibly. But possibly from some other ancestor in colonial Massachusetts. Interestingly enough, I already have an Arthur Hathaway chart:
I have had trouble placing Ned, and one place he fits in is on my Hathaway tree. We show as 10th cousins! Holly should be in here somewhere also. Here I have added Holly on the left side of the chart:
Holly and Lori should be 8th cousins.
Other Hathaway Connections
I do have this chart of DNA matches going back to Simon Hathaway who was born in 1711:
I have circled my family and two of my father’s first cousins who have also tested Ancestry. These two cousins also have other Hathaway connections which makes the DNA comparisons tricky.
Summary and Conclusions
- My sister’s connection to Holly as shown by Ancestry appears to be wrong
- The genealogical connection between Holly and Lori go back to Arthur Hathaway who was born in 1690
- It is difficult to tell whether the DNA connection between Holly and Lori is from Arthur Hathaway. I have not found other connections, but they may be there.