Banyan is similar to WATO. But it allows you to plug in match numbers from multiple relatives and multiple testing companies on the same tree. It also handles endogamy better.
Thank you! It's a great post. You definitely aren't making mistake #2, structure, because you have those helpful subheadings. Thanks for the info on BanyanDNA; I will look into it. I did something similar with What Are The Odds (WATO) by DNAPainter to find my husband's birth father. In that case, I wanted to be absolutely sure I was correct before I approached anyone.
Without those lucky breaks, we would probably all be stuck around 1900. But seriously, the search improvements AI brings us are amazing. I'm looking back at ancestors I've already fully researched and finding new information about them. I'm not sure how we will be able to do "reasonably exhaustive search" in the future when new data comes out hourly.
Wow! What a coincidence. I'll look through what I have from Tipton and see if I can spot any Stockdales. Asbury and his second wife eventually moved to Carlsbad, NM. But they had a bunch of kids I haven't studied, so a connection is certainly possible.
Okay, here's a connection for you ... my 3rd great-grandfather William Stockdale, my 2nd great-grandfather John Nelson Stockdale, my great-grandfather Lawrence Stockdale, and my grandfather Ernest Frederick Stockdale, all had Tipton, Indiana ties. John Nelson was born in Fayette County IN in 1844, moved to Tipton after the 1860 census, married, went to war, returned, settled, and died there. His only son Lawrence was born and died in Tipton. His only son "Fred" was born, graduated high school in 1921, went to Butler University and worked his way to a law degree, then moved to Texas in 1930, married, settled and died there/here. We need to compare notes, names, years ... I have copies of his high school yearbooks.
Great piece of detective work Bill. Like you I would have been bothered that my DNA hypothesis had no paper trail to back up what you discovered, but it’s good to hear that you were able to combine conventional research methods with DNA to reach a reasoned conclusion.
Sometimes it is a very slow process. Always a satisfying moment when you can confirm DNA and paper records. I am looking forward to the new clustering tool being rolled out by ancestry. Maybe it will help. I did make some breakthroughs with clustering some years ago.
Banyan is similar to WATO. But it allows you to plug in match numbers from multiple relatives and multiple testing companies on the same tree. It also handles endogamy better.
Thank you! It's a great post. You definitely aren't making mistake #2, structure, because you have those helpful subheadings. Thanks for the info on BanyanDNA; I will look into it. I did something similar with What Are The Odds (WATO) by DNAPainter to find my husband's birth father. In that case, I wanted to be absolutely sure I was correct before I approached anyone.
I love those moments when we find something we didn't expect and it gives us the key to unlock the mystery.
Without those lucky breaks, we would probably all be stuck around 1900. But seriously, the search improvements AI brings us are amazing. I'm looking back at ancestors I've already fully researched and finding new information about them. I'm not sure how we will be able to do "reasonably exhaustive search" in the future when new data comes out hourly.
Wow! What a coincidence. I'll look through what I have from Tipton and see if I can spot any Stockdales. Asbury and his second wife eventually moved to Carlsbad, NM. But they had a bunch of kids I haven't studied, so a connection is certainly possible.
Okay, here's a connection for you ... my 3rd great-grandfather William Stockdale, my 2nd great-grandfather John Nelson Stockdale, my great-grandfather Lawrence Stockdale, and my grandfather Ernest Frederick Stockdale, all had Tipton, Indiana ties. John Nelson was born in Fayette County IN in 1844, moved to Tipton after the 1860 census, married, went to war, returned, settled, and died there. His only son Lawrence was born and died in Tipton. His only son "Fred" was born, graduated high school in 1921, went to Butler University and worked his way to a law degree, then moved to Texas in 1930, married, settled and died there/here. We need to compare notes, names, years ... I have copies of his high school yearbooks.
Great article Bill. DNA has opened so many new doors for me and collaboration with distant cousins has been very useful.
There’s a bit of a learning curve. But they have regular office hours and are happy to answer questions.
Great piece of detective work Bill. Like you I would have been bothered that my DNA hypothesis had no paper trail to back up what you discovered, but it’s good to hear that you were able to combine conventional research methods with DNA to reach a reasoned conclusion.
Sometimes it is a very slow process. Always a satisfying moment when you can confirm DNA and paper records. I am looking forward to the new clustering tool being rolled out by ancestry. Maybe it will help. I did make some breakthroughs with clustering some years ago.
That’s a great article Bill. I’ve not heard of BanyanDNA so I’ll go check it out. Maybe it’ll help me solve my brick wall.