{"id":15036,"date":"2020-07-23T21:30:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T21:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=15036"},"modified":"2020-07-23T21:30:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T21:30:11","slug":"dna-support-for-my-childrens-warren-ancestry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2020\/07\/23\/dna-support-for-my-childrens-warren-ancestry\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA Support for My Children’s Warren Ancestry"},"content":{"rendered":"

In some of my previous Blogs on my children\u2019s ancestry, I have noted a discrepancy. It appears that one of their grandparents who was a Cavanaugh should actually be a Warren. I mention how I came to that conclusion in this Blog<\/a> and elsewhere. In that Blog, I gave strong evidence that Heather and JJ’s grandmother’s father John Edward Cavanaugh was actually a Warren. Although I had strong evidence for that, I was missing some evidence, including DNA correlation. That is, until recently.<\/p>\n

Heather’s DNA and Genealogy Match with Eileen<\/h2>\n

Here is Heather’s match with Eileen:<\/p>\n

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In addition, Ancestry suggests this Warren connection:<\/p>\n

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These are ThruLines. Ancestry suggests evaluating the ThruLines. Here is Eileen’s tree on her maternal side:<\/p>\n

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Eileen has back to Blanche Sullivan. I have Bridget Warren who married John Sullivan in 1855 in Lowell:<\/p>\n

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That means that I just have to make the connection. Here is Bridget in 1880 with her family including Francis:<\/p>\n

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Ancestry transcribed Bridget as Pridy for some reason.<\/p>\n

Francis or Frank J Sullivan<\/h3>\n

Here is Frank in 1900 in Lowell with Daughter Blanche:<\/p>\n

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This appears to be the birth record for Blanche from 1889 in Lowell:<\/p>\n

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And, to tie it all together, here is the marriage record for Francis Sullivan:<\/p>\n

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Any Other DNA Matches for Heather?<\/h2>\n

I checked to see if Heather had any shared matches with Eileen and I didn’t see any. I did see this more distant DNA match that Heather had with Robin:<\/p>\n

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I’ll need to star that as Ancestry plans to take away the smaller matches under 8 cM. Here is how Ancestry shows the connection:<\/p>\n

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That means that Robin and Eileen must be 2nd cousins. Ancestry wants me to evaluate, but I think that Robin likely knows who his mother is. Here is a bonus with Heather and Robin’s shared DNA matches:<\/p>\n

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This shows that Heather’s brother JJ matches Robin at a higher level. JJ may also match Eileen at a level under 20 cM.<\/p>\n

JJ’s Warren DNA Matches at Ancestry<\/h2>\n

Here is JJ’s DNA match with Robin:<\/p>\n

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When I look at Robin’s tree it only shows his mother and father. However, I think that Anestry has it right:<\/p>\n

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This shows that Mary H Dwyer and Mariam Hazel Sullivan were born on the same day.<\/p>\n

Here is the family in Lowell in 1930:<\/p>\n

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Mary Hazel’s daughter Mary Jaqueline apparently went by Jaqueline. That seems to make the connection in Robin’s tree.<\/p>\n

JJ and Eileen<\/h3>\n

Here is JJ’s smaller match with Eileen:<\/p>\n

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This match is over 8 cM so is not in danger of being stripped away by Ancestry.<\/p>\n

JJ’s Shared Match with Eileen and Robin<\/h3>\n

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I’ll just call him N. Here is N’s maternal tree:<\/p>\n

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N is on the Dwyer Line, so he is more closely related to Robin. I’m not sure why Ancestry didn’t pick up N as having a shared ancestor with JJ. Perhaps one will come up eventually.<\/p>\n

Putting It Together<\/h2>\n

Here is how all the DNA matches fit together:<\/p>\n

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N is 2nd cousin once removed to Eileen and Robin and 4th cousin once removed to Heather and JJ. The confusing part from what I can tell, is that Louisa Gatley was actually Louisa Cavanaugh at the time she had John Edward Cavanaugh. She was a widow and John J Warren was a widower at the time. John J died not too long after John Edward was born in an accidental drowning.<\/p>\n

Summary and Conclusion<\/h2>\n