I recently looked at my cousin Paul’s Theories of Relativity at MyHeritage and saw this interesting one:
I already have a large Frazer DNA/Genealogy tree for this branch of the Frazers:
There may be some mistakes. I notice that I have McPartland here and also in another branch, so they should not be in both places. I do not have Fitzgerald Frazer here, but do have him on my web page:
Here is Franklyn’s tree at MyHeritage:
Ancestry shows a marriage certificate for William M Frazer:
This line seems pretty well documented:
Here is Haverstraw where Fitzgerald lived:
Frazer DNA
Here is how Franklyn and Paul match by DNA:
The match on Chromosome 17 is 6.8 cM and the cutoff for DNA Painter by default is 7 cM, so I won’t count that little segment. Here is Paul’s already busy Chromosome 12:
Notice that I do not have Michael Frazer in the Key above. Michael would add an important DNA link in this whole puzzle:
Franklyn is the missing piece of the puzzle between Joanna and BV.
Every Picture Tells a Story
I can try to interpret the meaning of all these segments on Paul’s Chromosome 12:
There appear to be breaks in the DNA matches which to me indicate breaks between Paul’s inherited Frazer side DNA and the McMaster side DNA.
The first section appears to be McMaster shown in blue. Suzzanne does not have any known McMaster, so this may indicate a small false reading or that Suzanne does have McMaster ancestry somewhere.
Barry has no known McMaster ancestor, so I have his section as Frazer.
The third section has John whose common Ancestor with Paul was Abe McMaster and Margery (no known last name). Keith also has two McMaster ancestors.
The fourth section appears to be just Frazer as Joanna has no known McMaster ancestors. Her ancestor was James Frazer who was born around 1720. Franklyn also has no known McMaster ancestors.
BV and Susan
Notice that BV and Susan are in both the McMaster and Frazer sections. BV descends from William McMaster and Margaret Frazer. So actually the common DNA represented by the orange would be from William McMaster and not his wife.
Susan’s McMaster ancestor is Margaret McMaster born 1846 at Kilmactranny, County Sligo. Keith has the ancestors of James and Fanny McMaster, but the common ancestor between him and my ancestors would be James McMaster.
Technically, the DNA that Paul and BV share in the fourth section representing Frazer is from Margaret Frazer born 1780 and not her husband William McMaster.
Adding Franklyn to My Frazer DNA/Genealogy Tree
This tree just represents my older half of my Frazer genealogy going back to James Frazer born about 1720.
Unfortunately, the tree got so large that the program could not handle it. The blank circle should be Franklyn. Also, Susan did not make it onto the chart. She would be on the lower row with Paul:
Here, I split out the Michael Line and added all my cousins in purple:
I guess Michael and his wife would be surprised to know about all their descendants. This chart includes Susan and Franklyn. The only one who is missing from the above chart is Joanna who descends from Michael Frazer’s father James Frazer.
On Second Thought
After looking at Paul’s DNA Painter profile, I thought that this may be a further refinement:
Barry has no known connection to the James Frazer Line. Joanna, BV (Barbara) and Franklyn have no known connections to the Archibald Line. Here is the Elphin Census of 1749 showing Archibald, James and their apparent mother Mary Frazer:
Mary Frazer had one male servant. Susan and the group in the darker green descend from both the Archibald and James Frazer Lines.
Summary and Conclusions
- Finding Paul’s match to Franklyn at MyHeritage, including an accurate Theory was very helpful
- That match fills in a gap which appears to solidify the fact that Margaret Frazer born 1780 and married William McMaster was indeed the daughter of Michael Frazer and Margaret Stewart.
- By looking at Paul’s DNA Painter profile, it is possible to separate out different Frazer and McMaster ancestry.