How unraveling works

My new found with DNA distant cousin brought me a case I’ve worked on about 10 hours… and I think I’ve identified the missing American GI – at least narrowed it down to one of 3 brothers and it’s matching the math to the cousins.

Trying to solidify who a certain wife is – especially when, like in this case, they died in 1899 at 29 years old… now she’s not on the Census.  And her tombstone etc says “Pinky”  and well, that’s a nickname – but drilling down in cousins I find the Kennon descendants of other daughters there and bingo, solved.

That is how using your DNA and logic leads you to FACTS that solve your mystery, whether it’s as momentous as “I don’t know who my dad is” or I can’t identify which “Smith” family my 3rd great grandmother is from… clues are there, and new ones pop up all the time!

And my new friend/cousin was like “did you make that new cousin match appear overnight?”  Bwhahahaha.   I don’t make anything appear.  Someone actually spitting in the tube is the only way you have matches to any of these people! 🙂

Best hunting fellow genealogists.  Best hunting. (Ps don’t believe the paper, believe the DNA.)