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