52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025: Week 15 (BIG MISTAKE)
My 5th great grandmother following my father's maternal line is
Jane Gaylor
Birth 21 MAY 1763 • Whitekirk, East Lothian, Scotland
Death Unknown
married to
Robert Watt
Birth 5 NOV 1765 • Athelstaneford, East Lothian, Scotland
Death 2 OCT 1851 • Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
This is as far back on my dad's direct maternal line I have found via traditional paper-based research.
Recently we did dad's mtDNA:
The initial results: mtDNA Haplogroup I1a1,
The updated results: Mitotree Haplogroup I1a1l
We are luckier than some because dad had 5 exact matches along with 13 1 step matches.
In looking at the matches who have trees not one jumped out as an obvious connection.
Since we are only back to X4 great grandma on that side it really would have been a mistake to think mtDNA would provide what was needed to go back further on that line.
BUT it also might be that the research I have done so far isn't correct.
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| Elizabeth Young (nee Slicer) Thomson with her daughters Marion (Maisie) & Mary (my grandmother) up front |
When the mistake might be in the research!!!
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***
Photos:
Personal
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/
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