How exciting!
It would be do nice to finally know how we fit! If a test from me ( or mom or uncle Mike) would help I'd be glad to do so. I think the female link is what hinders us though.
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On Apr 9, 2014, at 4:26 PM, "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com> wrote:
> 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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