I’ve been using DNA to help remove some brick walls in my ancestry. But did you know that siblings cause issues in DNA research? Yep, and I get it on both sides.
Paternal
ancestry, I have siblings marrying siblings.
I’ve talked about my Great Grandfather William Edward Kludt several
times. He was the oldest living child of
John (Heinrich Johann Ludwig) Kludt and was born 2 October 1862 in West Bend,
Washington County, Wisconsin. In the
late 1870’s the family moved to West Union, Fayette County, Iowa. This is where he met his wife, Susan
Katherine Reisner. They were married on 14 February 1889 in West Union. Susan was born 3 Sept 1863 in Clermont,
Fayette County, Iowa to Henry Reisner and Maria Margaret Haueisen as the fifth
child.
William’s
sister, Augusta Maria Kludt, born 11 January 1865 in West Bend, Washington
County, Wisconsin, also married a Reisner – one of Susan’s older brothers, George
August Reisner, born 15 May 1859 in Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. They were married 24 May 1883 in West Union. So, for DNA research, the cousins are
considered double-cousins and can have twice as much DNA. And I was trying to determine who were William
& Augusta’s maternal grandparents.
Luckily,
William’s brother, Henry Carl, did NOT marry a Reisner. He married Alma Nelson in 1907 in Fayette
County, Iowa.
Susan
had eight other siblings that married into various families living in Fayette
County, Iowa. These families include
Reichel, Neumann, Weidermann, Winkleman, Steuer, and Lehmer.
Now, for
my maternal side it’s not siblings marrying siblings, but descending from two
siblings. Aaron Lowe (born c1772 in
Virginia) and Sarah Frazier (born c1774 in Virginia) were married 3 October
1801 in Patrick County, Virginia. They
had ten children. I descend from two of
their daughters, Ellen & Mary.
· Ellen
Lowe was born 4 May 1803 in Patrick County, Virginia. She married Moses Stanley on 29 October 1822
in Patrick County, Virginia. He was born
2 May 1800. They had 12 children.
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Their son, William F Stanley, born in
1826 married Sarah Ann Scott on 1 Dec 1853 in Pike County, Kentucky. They had lots of children.
§ Their
daughter, Ruth E Stanley, born 12 Apr 1865 in Pike County, Kentucky, married
Elbert Bevins on 22 Apr 1886 in Pike County, Kentucky. They had 10 children.
· Their
daughter, Rosa Zettie Bevins, born 31 March 1887 in Meta, Pike County,
Kentucky, married George Wilby Keesee on 15 Jun 1907 in Meta.
· Mary
Lowe, born 15 September 1818 in Patrick County, Virginia, married Booker T
Keesee (Sr) on 4 October 1840 in Pike County, Kentucky. Booker was born 2 March
1819 in Logan County, Virginia to Richard Keesee & Judith Morris. Mary & Booker had 12 children.
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Their youngest, Booker T Keesee (Jr) was
born 9 August 1864 at Road Fork, Pond Creek, in Pike County, Kentucky. Booker married Caroline Evie Maynard,
daughter of George Washington Maynard & Sarah Caines, on 19 Jun 1884 in
Pike County, Kentucky. They had six
children.
§ Their
oldest son (second born child) was George Wilby Keesee, born 9 June 1887 in
Piso, Pike County Kentucky. As mentioned
above, he married Zettie Bevins.
I have an unproven line of ancestry where I supposedly
descend from Elisabeth & Joan Plantagenet
(daughters of King Edward & Eleanor of Castile).
· Elisabeth is the ancestor of Anne Boleyn (not the one married to King Henry!) who married John Shelton. The Shelton family married into the Hurt family who married into the Bevins family (the parents of the above mentioned Elbert Bevins).
It will be interesting to validate the above information.· Joan also ties into the same family. However, she ties in on Anne’s maternal grandmother. Whereas, Elisabeth was through the maternal grandfather.
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