by Stewart Blandón Traiman, MD
[This article was originally published in The California Nugget, Spring 2024 edition.]
The DNA Connections
We have successfully verified the relationships of eleven DNA matches within the mystery line and have identified common ancestors. These relationships fall within the statistically expected range of shared centimorgans (cM) and have a […]
by Stewart Blandón Traiman, MD
[This article was originally published in The California Nugget, Spring 2024 edition.]
Our next focus was to research the eleven matches with connections to the mystery line to determine how they related to each other. [See Genogram]
Cousin 08 – This cousin was the known […]
by Stewart Blandón Traiman, MD
[This article was originally published in The California Nugget, Spring 2024 edition.]
In my son’s (J.T.) paternal lineage, there is a persistent mystery surrounding a third great-grandfather whose identity was thought to be unknowable. Ernest Richard Piatt, J.T.’s biological second-great-grandfather, was raised not knowing who his father was. Ernest’s […]
[This article was originally published in The California Nugget, Spring 2018 edition.]
Part 1 of 2
Eighteen years ago, my husband and I adopted a baby boy at birth. He has brought much joy into our lives, including the joy of doing his birth family’s genealogy. My son is a Mayflower descendant […]
