DNA Analysis: Common Ancestors
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DNA analysis offers new avenues for research. It may help to fill in missing parts of the family tree.
AncestryDNA provides us with a list of other participants who are possible relatives. Some of these participants provide their family trees. If a participant's family tree goes back far enough, it would show the common ancestors that I share with that participant. In some cases, it is easy to spot the common ancestor -- for example, in my case, if I see a participant has a distant ancestor named Staebell in Stundwiller or named Massicotte in Quebec.
This page contains some of my ongoing research about AncestryDNA matches with my mother and me, looking at the family trees of people who the service reports to be "distant DNA cousins," but whom I am unable to fit into my family tree. I am looking for names of ancestors shared by two or more of my distant DNA cousins. These shared ancestors might be clues to how I am related to these cousins. The shared ancestors might not be my direct ancestors, but they may point to families do belong in my family trees.
Common Ancestors of DNA Cousins
- John REISING (or RISING) (1844?-1911) and Sophia KUNTZ (1847-1923)
- Possible relationship to my father's side of the family
- This couple appears in the family trees of these people, who are AncestryDNA matches to me (but not to my mother):
- John Rising, in "The Rising Family Tree"
- Relationship to me: Possible range: 3rd - 4th cousins
- John RISING and Sophia KUNTZ are his great-grandparents
- M.J. (managed by degnans64), in the "Degnan Family Tree"
- Relationship to me: Possible range: 5th - 8th cousins
- John RISING and Sophia KUNTZ are M.J.'s great-grandparents
- Information from these family trees about John REISING (or RISING) (1844?-1911) and Sophia KUNTZ (1847-1923):
- Married 03-Sep-1876
- John REISING (or RISING) (1844?-1911)
- Born 26 JUN 1833 or 1834 or 1844 in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Died 10-Feb-1911 in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, or in Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania
- Possibly the son of Robert? Rising
- Immigrated 1874
- Sophia KUNTZ (1847-1923)
- Prior marriage to Valentine Newfield (1847–1876), married 16-Oct-1870
- Born 19-Jul-1847 or 07-Jul-1847 in Neufeld, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Died 13-Aug-1923 in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania
- Daughter of John Kuntz of Germany
- Children include:
- Anthony John RISING (1882-1968) -- Grandfather of M.J.
- John Maurice RISING (1887-1960) -- Grandfather of John Rising
- Samuel Blaine SISLER (1786-1870) and Margaret MARKLEY (1789-1860)
- Possible relationship to my mother's side of the family
- This couple appears in the family trees of these people, who are AncestryDNA matches to my mother and me:
- R.H. (managed by coryelbrader)
- Relationship to me: Possible range: 5th - 8th cousins
- Samuel Blaine SISLER and Margaret MARKLEY are R.H.'s great(x5)-grandparents
- lindase2018
- Relationship to me: Possible range: 5th - 8th cousins
- Samuel Blaine SISLER and Margaret MARKLEY are lindase2018's great(x4)-grandparents
- The MARKLEY surname also appears in the family trees of these other DNA cousins:
- margog116696
- Relationship to my mother: Possible range: 5th - 8th cousins
- Her great-great-grandmother is Katherine MARKLEY (1844-1934) of Ohio
- Information from these family trees about Samuel Blaine SISLER (1786-1870) and Margaret MARKLEY (1789-1860):
- Samuel Blaine SISLER (1786–1870)
- Born 1786 in Elk Lick, Somerset, Pennsylvania
- Died 1870 in Preston, Virginia
- Son of John SISLER (1750-1820) and Susanna MARKLEY (1766-1834)
- John SISLER (1750-1820) is the son of Jon Peter SISLER (1724-?), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, died in Maryland
- Susanna MARKLEY (1766-1834) is the daughter of Johann Peter MERKLE (1724–1796) and Eva Magdalena HUMMEL (1729-1813)
- This couple in has its own entry on this page. Refer there for more details.
- Margaret MARKLEY (1789-1860)
- Born 1789 in Elk Lick, Somerset, Pennsylvania
- Died 1860 in Preston, Virginia
- Daughter of Jacob MARKLEY (1752-1837) and Catherine ZEIGLER (1753-1840)
- Jacob MARKLEY (1752-1837)
- Born 1752 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
- Died 1837 in Allegheny Co now, Garrett, Maryland
- Son of Johann Peter MERKLE (1724–1796) and Eva Magdalena HUMMEL (1729-1813)
- This couple in has its own entry on this page. Refer there for more details.
- This couple appears above, making Margaret the first cousin of her husband Samuel B. SISLER. This may be an error.
- Catherine ZEIGLER (1753-1840)
- Children include:
- Jacob Henry SISLER (1806-1869) -- great(x4)-grandfather of R.H.
- Elizabeth SISLER (1817-1868) -- great(x3)-grandmother of lindase2018
- Johann Peter MERKLE (1724–1796) and Eva Magdalena HUMMEL (1729-1813)
- Possible relationship to my mother's side of the family
- This couple appears in the family trees of these people, who are AncestryDNA matches to my mother and me:
- R.H. (managed by coryelbrader)
- Relationship to me: Possible range: 5th - 8th cousins
- Johann Peter MERKLE and Eva Magdalena HUMMEL are R.H.'s great(x7)-grandparents
- lindase2018
- Relationship to me: Possible range: 5th - 8th cousins
- Johann Peter MERKLE and Eva Magdalena HUMMEL are lindase2018's great(x6)-grandparents
- margog116696
- Relationship to my mother: Possible range: 5th - 8th cousins
- Her great-great-grandmother is Katherine MARKLEY (1844-1934) of Ohio
- Johann Peter MERKLE and Eva Magdalena HUMMEL are margog116696's great(x5)-grandparents
- ROBRAINES69
- Relationship to me: Possible range: 5th - 8th cousins
- Her great-great-grandmother is Clara E. MARKLEY (1872-1959) of Ohio
- Johann Peter MERKLE and Eva Magdalena HUMMEL are ROBRAINES69's great(x6)-grandparents
- Information from these family trees about Johann Peter MERKLE (1724–1796) and Eva Magdalena HUMMEL (1729-1813):
- Another source for some of this information: "The Hermann Family Tree" by ghermann139
- Johann Peter MERKLE (1724–1796)
- Born 27-Nov-1724 in Bad Wimpfen (or Bonfeld), Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Died 07-Oct-1796 in Elk Lick, Somerset, Pennsylvania
- Son of Johann George MERKLE (1687-1755) and Anna Eva DINKLE (1685-1787)
- Johann George MERKLE (1687-1755)
- Born 1687 in Oberamt, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Died 22-Jul-1755 in Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Son of George Matthaus MERKLE (1655-1726) and Agnes HESS (1655-1735)
- George Matthaus MERKLE (1655–1726)
- Born 07-May-1655 in Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Died 06-May-1726 in Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Son of Jorg MERKLE (1625-1686)
- Jorg MERKLE (1625-1686)
- Born 1625 in Bonfeld, Oberant Hellbron, Wurtenberg, Germany
- Died 16-Dec-1686 in Bonfeld, Oberant Hellbron, Wurtenberg, Germany
- Son of Jorg MERKLE (1603-1686) and Eva MECKLIN (1607-1690)
- Agnes HESS (1655-1735)
- Born Mar-1655 in Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Died 27-May-1735 in Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Daughter of Nicholas HESS (1627-1694) and Feliztas Barbara GUSSMANN (1637–1686)
- Nicholas HESS (1627-1694)
- Born 18-Nov-1627 in Baur, Wuppertal, Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Died 24-Oct-1694 in Germany
- Feliztas Barbara GUSSMANN (1637–1686)
- Born 1637 in Germany
- Died 04-Jul-1686 in Bonfeld, Heilbron, Baden-Wuerttenberg, Germany
- Anna Eva DINKLE (1685-1787)
- Born 1685 in Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Died 1787 in Salisbury, Somerset, Pennsylvania
- Daughter of Balthasar DINKLE (1647-1715) and Rosina ___? (1654-1706)
- Eva Magdalena HUMMEL (1729-1813)
- Born 01-Dec-1729 in Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (or in Salisbury, Somerset, Pennsylvania)
- Died 17-Jun-1813 in Salisbury, Somerset, Pennsylvania, or 07-Jun-1813 in Elk Lick, Somerset, Pennsylvania
- Daughter of Hans Michael HUMMEL (1699-1770) and Eva Maria ___? (1703-1775)
- Hans Michael HUMMEL (1699–1770)
- Born 1699 in Freistett, Offenburg, Baden, Germany
- Died 1770 in Freistett, Offenberg, Baden, Germany