What’s in the blood?

I started researching my family in 2012. I am one of twelve siblings on my mom’s side and one of seven on my dad’s side. I grew up only knowing my maternal siblings. I did not interact with extended family, alhough my mother hails from a big family from Shelby, Missississippi. My father hails from Lexington, Missississippi. The last that I saw him, I was five. My parents are both deceased now.

Here is my direct line lineage surnames and places:

Maternal: Wilson, Roberson, Pearl, Shorter, Tilman/Tilgman, Roberson, Robinson from the Mississippi counties of Bolivar, Claiborne, Leflore, and Jefferson

Paternal: Louie, Mohead/Morehead, Lott, Holman, and possibly Willis, Davis, and Howard. They are from the Mississippi counties of Holmes, Leflore, and Carroll.

Below are the results from a few DNA that myself and siblings have taken. It is what makes us us.

Shirese (me)

23andMe

Maternal haplogroup: L3f1b3

Paternal haplogroup: R-M269/R-U106/R-Z306/R1b1a2a1a1a3a1(brother tested)

Ancestry.com DNA

Maternal haplogroup: does not offer

Paternal haplogroup: does not offer

Juvelle (paternal half brother)

23andMe

Maternal haplogroup: L1b1a

Paternal haplogroup: R-M269/R-U106/R-Z306/R1b1a2a1a1a3a1

Ancestry.com DNA

Brenda (matenal half sister)

23andMe

Maternal haplogroup: L3f1b3

Lynn (matenal half sister)

23andMe

Ruth (matenal half sister)

23andMe

Maternal haplogroup: L3f1b3

Ruby (matenal half sister)

23andMe

Maternal haplogroup: L3f1b3

Mildred (matenal half sister)

23andMe

Maternal haplogroup: L3f1b3