When ThruLines Gives You An Idea ~ Bayes & Dendy Connected?

  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025: Week 17 (DNA)

When I first started searching our family history it didn't take me long to realize DNA would be needed to sort out my father's paternal line.

In doing DNA for that purpose many other details became clear.

BUT DNA testing has also created some confusion.

Added to the challenge of sorting how a match is connected to our Bramble Bush are errors in the trees of our matches.

This week I decided to look at ThruLines to see if there was anything new since I last looked at them.

I discovered something that made me look closer....
My maternal grandmother's maternal line, Dendy, has a potential connection to her paternal line, Bayes.

My great grandparents

Earnest (Ernest) Helmer (Elmer) (Hap) (Ernie) Bayes

Birth 17 JUL 1903 • Campbellford, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
Death 19 OCT 1986 • Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
&

Rose Honor Dendy

Birth 14 APR 1906 • R.M. of Pipestone, Bardal, Manitoba, Canada
Death 17 SEP 1974 • Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

The Bayes Family: Rose, Hap, Amy, Fred

The Bayes Family: Rose, Hap, Amy, Fred

The Bayes Family: Rose, Hap, Amy, Fred

If ThruLines is to be believed Grandma's 4th great grandmother on her Dendy maternal line was Ann Bayes. 

Since ThruLines on Ancestry can't be taken as fact I began searching for documents that I was not able to find.

A GedMatch check says grandma's parents aren't related:

I was unable to find any proof of the Bayes connection through her Dendy line, but with my curiosity now peaked the search continues.

Remembering that ThruLines can't be trusted, but they can provide ideas!!! 

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***

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Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/

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