But the common ancestor was probably from King and Queen County, Virginia. We’re certain these ancestors were relatives. My Florida match also traces his family back to Franklin County, North Carolina in the same time period. I was able to trace the family’s migration backward through the southern states to Franklin County, North Carolina in the late 1700’s. My probable birth father’s family had been in Texas since 1859. The first hurdle got me interested in conventional genealogy. Since she worked at their brother’s bar, any of them could have met her. The bar owner had four brothers, all of whom were in the Detroit area at the time my birth mother got pregnant. It cannot place me in any particular branch or confirm a close relationship to an individual person. Genealogy DNA testing–at least the Y-DNA test–can only indicate the broad surname tree. I still didn’t know how this family in Michigan connected to my DNA match in Florida. In my mind I still had to overcome three hurdles to prove my biological roots: 1.
She welcomed me warmly and I quickly learned a lot about him and other members of this large family. After a couple months of diligent research, I finally tracked down a niece of this man and explained my story. But I wanted to learn more about him and find any half-siblings. Once again I would be too late to meet my biological parent. Since more than 60 years had passed, I realized that he was unlikely to be alive. The fact that he was married could explain why my birth mother falsely named another (unmarried) man as my father. My notes described the bar owner as a married man in his 30’s. But what had happened to him after that? Was he still alive? Finding My Family This was my Eureka moment! I felt in my gut that this man was my father. The owner of the bar where my mother worked on weekends had the same surname as my DNA match in Florida. I reviewed my old search notes to see if anyone around my birth mother had this surname.
And a separate branch of his family tree could have extended into Michigan. The common ancestor could have been farther back in time than he knew. Our solid DNA match was still a strong indication that my unknown biological father should have this man’s surname. He lives in Florida and did not know of any family connection to Michigan. Since my mother had lived in the Detroit area, I asked if any of his family had lived in Michigan during the 1940’s. I used the email address of the person I matched to contact him. According to Family Tree DNA’s Time Predictor, he and I had an 85% chance of a common ancestor within 8 generations.
This man only did a 25-marker test, so I could not know then how we compared on the next 12 markers. I had one perfect match on the first 25 markers. Since they already had my DNA on file, I did not have to submit another sample. So I upgraded to 37 markers and waited for more results. The 12-marker matches proved to be worthless for adoption search, because everyone had different surnames. I currently have over one hundred matches at the 12-marker level. Notices of additional matches keep coming in as more people are tested. After the analysis, I immediately matched over 40 people already in their database. I didn’t know if genealogy DNA testing would work, So I purchased the lowest price Y-DNA test, which only checks 12 markers.
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