This week's prompt CONFLICT had me thinking about fighting.
When I attended the Roots Tech Conference I noted a connection with Muhammad Ali in the cousin connecting area of the conference. I decided then that I would write about this fighter's connection to our family when the prompt fit.
This week - the prompt fit, and I set out to find the connection to Muhammed Ali only to discover some CONFLICTING information.
WikiTree, a collaborative family tree, outlines the 21 degree connection with my husband's family line.
The chart above is pretty straight forward for connecting the two lines.
Too bad the father of Hannah (nee Corman) Lee is not accurate.
When I first looked at the connection I was confused so I went back to my tree to see who Hannah's parents were & what sort of sources I had.
I discovered that Hannah's parent were clearly documented as
Hans Johannes Jerrick (John George) Kornmann (Korman) (Corman)
BIRTH 2 MAR 1732 • Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
DEATH 1804 • Stoney Creek, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada
and
Sarah Harrison
BIRTH 1738
DEATH Ontario, Canada
Conflicting things further - on WikiTree Hannah's father is noted as John "George" George Corman in the Biography of Hannah Corman Lee. Yet her parents are listed as Daniel Mosby and Sarah Harris with no supporting documentation in the clickables at the top.
How exactly the wrong parents ended up attached to Hannah is a mystery that is seen too frequently on the shared Trees online.
Back to Roots Tech & their notation of the relationship I decided to check Family Search which added another layer to the conflict.
Family Search, a shared one world tree, notes the cousin connection is via Hannah (nee Corman) Lee's maternal line. Her mother Sarah Harrison (not Sarah Harris) was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison IV & Anne Carter without supporting documentation for her being their child. If she was their daughter there should be evidence to support it since both families have been well researched.
I did find it interesting that both Family Search and WikiTree note the cousin connection between my husband and Muhammed Ali as through Hannah (nee Corman) Lee.
At this time I have found no evidence for this connection in our Bramble Bush.
Remembering that not everything you find on the internet is true!!!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Sources:
Biography, Hannah (Corman) Lee, Retrieved May 25th 2022 from
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Corman-210
Roots Tech 2022, Retrieved May 25th 2022 from
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/home
Muhammad Ali is 21 Degrees from me, WikiTree. Retrieved May 25th 2022 from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clay-1582
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/
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