Current Status: 2/26/08 - Mr. Glen Stockton contacted us in reference to his ancestor Lucy Tennessee Hewlett and provided the included picture below. Hopefully a female descendant will be able to contribute an mtDNA sample soon. Contacted our second participant Sandra Gilliam (Jan 16, 2008). She will be sending in the kit shortly. May need part of group fund.
Haplogroup Results Indicate H - European Ancestry. Our Next Move is to Obtain At Least 2 More Samples.
We match 58 individuals exactly with both our results. There are many matches indicating Ashkenazi Roots. Ashkenazi Jews, also called Ashkenazim are Jews who are descendants of Jews from Germany, Poland, Austria and Eastern Europe.
Over the years I've attempted through the use of standard genealogical methods to prove that my 3rd great grandmother Sarah Steele was a full-blooded Native American. Many other family members had mentioned our relation to someone in
the Choctaw tribe but there has never been any hard proof of this tie. I've personally spent hundreds of hours scanning census records, reading Indian rolls, old books, marriage records, death records and more but have come up empty-handed. DNA research will allow our family to once and for all prove our N.A. heritage and perhaps even point to a specific tribe. The following individuals will be the tested mtDNA line, beginning with the mtDNA submitter, Sherry.
Sharon List [Antonelli] > Dorothy Mabelese Antonelli [Jenkins] > Edna Verona Clark [Lee] > Nancy Florence Burton [Steele] > Sarah Steele [Herrington]
mtDNA Results August 14, 2007
High Resolution (HVR2) Exact Matches Most Distant Ancestor Locations for Sherry List
Sarah Steele b. 7 July, 1845 in Georgia
Sarah's Children I've Been Able To Procure Photos Of (Eli Is Adult):
Nancy "Nannie" Florence Burton b. 20 February, 1876 in Tennessee
Eli Christopher Steele b. July, 1863 in Tennessee
Mary M. Rhodes b. October, 1872 in Tennessee
Lucy Tennessee Hewlett b. April, 1886 in Arkansas
A Snapshot Of The Steele Family
Thanks to the following individuals for donating to this special cause. Without your help, it would not have been possible: Dad, Patti and Sherry.
If you'd like to contribute to this research (upgrade to a higher resolution test, joining the Genographic Project), please e-mail me below.
