I'm on 23andme too - is his name public so I could look and see if we are a match?
gloria
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From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
To: John Cooley Mailing List <undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Perrin C Cooley thoughts
Yes! Please do. Send them to michael_at_newsummer.com, rather than to the list.
I still don't have Jack's results, but I can run Joel's against Gloria's.
Of course, there's always the chance that the match will not show up. I'm
looking forward to it, though.
-Michael
> Michael,
>
> Joel and I did finally test at 23andME and we received the results in
> March.=
> As you recall, Joel is Jack's paternal uncle. Would his results help
> you=
> regarding the mysterious Perrin C. and the DNA connection between Jack
> and G=
> loria?
>
> We know you are busy these next weeks but let us know if we can send you
> Joe=
> l's results.
>
> Thanks for your continued interest and musings on Greatgrandfather Perrin
> C.=
>
>
> Nancy and Joel Cooley
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 5:04 PM, "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> wrote=
> :
>>=20
>> It occurred to me that there's another place that Perrin C Cooley might
>> fit -- and it might best explain the auDNA match between his descendant,
>> Jack, and Gloria Tanner: Could Perrin have been a child of John's (later
>> married Martha Bearden)? John's children were listed on his brother's
>> (James) probate, but the only Perrin listed was John's brother -- who we
>> have long believed to be Perrin Jr.
>>=20
>> But might Perrin C have been disinherited for one reason or another?
>> Might=
>
>> he have been illegitimate? (We already suspect that John had issues over
>> "controlling himself.") All we know for sure about John's age is that he
>> was born before 1810. But he could well have been born just after 1800,
>> making it biologically possible. Perhaps he denied being the father. Or,
>> perhaps, no one knew where Perrin was in 1858 and he wasn't listed
>> simply
>> for that reason.
>>=20
>> Consider, too, that we find Perrin C living with John's son Edward. That
>> they might have been brothers or half-brothers would make sense.
>>=20
>> And then there's the DNA. The prediction is that Jack and Gloria are
>> 3-5th=
>
>> cousins. If this theory is correct, they would be 4th cousins, which
>> fits
>> just right.
>>=20
>> Gloria's mother is going to take the test. This will first confirm that
>> the match *is* on her side. If Jack's father were to test and the two
>> (Jacks's father and Gloria's mother) tested as 3rd cousins, then we'd be
>> spot-on.
>>=20
>> Just some thoughts. We'll see where the testing takes us.
>>=20
>> -Michael
>>=20
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