Re: DNA Testing
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In reply to:
DNA Testing
Dave Osborne 7/04/14
Dave, I am a descendant of a female line of Sams on my mother's side, and I haven't had time to look up these men you mention to see if I descend from any of them. I just want to say that I'm not surprised at the findings. We had that same experience in my father's Johnston family line. My brother had his DNA tested and it turned out that he is a Clendenning. We matched photos, stories, history, etc. and came to the conclusion that there was a Welshman in the woodpile in the old country. We are a big Southern family, and there is family resemblance even among distant cousins. So unless you have the other evidence, please consider that the whole line may have been contaminated like my dad's was a couple of hundred years ago.