Archive for February 2018
Two forks of a tree…
If I am correct with my present theory then my 20 year obsession with the illegitimate birth of a son to Elizabeth Anderson about 1725ish may pan out. There are many assorted facts in all my “Pages” to support the theory.
My newfound friend, Ken Brantley, of the Brantley Association, ( and apparent cousin) has summed up what I have long suspected but was hesitant to acknowledge.
I quote him verbatim (and hope he won’t mind, which I am sure he will not):
“Marc; Late to be getting back with you, but:
As I recall, I believe you and he [another ANDERSON whom I am communicating with] matched through the autosomal DNA. That being the case, since you match [him, the other ANDERSON] in the autosomal DNA (looks at pieces of all your DNA) and yet you do not match the Y-DNA; (father to son only connections), it means that you are related to him somewhere back there. It tells me that you and he are of the same family and he is carrying the true Y-DNA of this Anderson family. While his is through father to son, your Anderson was through a girl. The story about the Anderson girl fits this to the tee. The only way you got the Brantley Y-DNA was through an illegitimate birth by an Anderson girl, or an outright adoption, unknown to us.
I would try to determine his lineage, as it is yours too at some point if that is where we got his name..
That’s my opinion.”
So it appears that there may be a way to figure out the actual ANDERSON progenitor of CAROLUS ANDERSON (whom I am convinced, theory-wise, is the brother of the gal (Elizabeth Anderson, that my line stems from) … WHEW! Much to my dismay, Carolus Anderson left no male descendants. But the DNA trail we are discussing leaves open the possibility that the other brother (James Anderson) left male descendants which are showing up.