I had mentioned in an earlier posting that I was participating in a DNA test of Walkers from around the world. It took some time for my results, but they are now back. This was prompted by a man in Texas names Fred Coffey, who's mother was a Walker.
Fred has summarized some initial connections built from my test at the following website. Please take a minute to go explore.
www.coffey.ws/FamilyTree/FamilyNotes/WalkerDNA.htm
5 comments:
Good Stuff Craig. I will be at the geneological library in Salt Lake City on Thursday. I will try to get you a copy of the 1930 booklet from the Indy Library.
Tom - What 1930 booklet?
Did you see the post about Alden being married to our 5th cousin? He got this book from his father in law and I found that H. Ray had also seen it.
Craig, I visited the website but not much is clear to me yet. I understand the basic concept of using DNA but can you go into a little more explanation? If you are in a group of three of four persons, that doesn't seem very extensive.
Howard - There are several meanings here. Because there are three of us to have a perfect match on all 25 markers for which our sample was measured, it means we have a common male ancestor. According to the lineages we all submitted, that common ancestor is Robert Walker, esq, who immigrated from Scotland to North Carolina in the early 1700s.
For our side of the family, we are pretty sure it confirms all the research stating he is our ancestor. For the other guys with whom I match, it proves something they suspected but could not verify.
In essense, this has shown branches of our family tree starting back in the 1700s that we never knew were related to us.
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